Impact Of Man, Controller Of The Universe By Diego Rivera

Throughout history there have been hundreds of people who have fought for all kinds of human rights. Some of them took action by appealing to violence, others did it by just communicating a specific concern through literature, music or art. Diego Rivera, for example, was one of Mexico’s greatest social realistic muralists and is currently considered as one of Los Tres Grandes among Mexico’s mural painters (Aldama). Although his paintings had a great success in Mexico, he also had an impact in United States. In 1933, Diego Rivera painted a mural in the Rockefeller Center known as ‘’Man at the crossroads’’ but because of some controversial figures that he added it was destroyed. He recreated the painting at Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City but now known as ‘’Man, Controller of the Universe’’ (Rockefeller controversy). Diego Rivera’s Man, Controller of the universe illustrates how man have the will of choosing from having a …show more content…
In the top left corner there is a group of soldiers supported by military aircraft representing a war and who is leading it. The same group of soldiers appears on the right side but this time trying to control the revolutionary people, which are the principal figure in this side, who are holding signs that says: ‘’strike, strike’’ and ‘’stop farmers holiday”. At the top there is a group of people with red flags and they seem to be listening to a speech about the revolution. This represent that capitalists are the ones who are looking for war, and the communists are looking for justice. Even though the existence of revolts, in comunism it is considered as an tool for peace because its main purpose is to accomplish their freedom and equal opportunities. Thus, there is one section of the democratic side that illustrates ladies wearing white dresses and they seem to be in heaven, which represent hope for the