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Diego Rivera created his “own language”-the visual language-to be able to showcase the complex history that Mexico underwent during the multiple battles. In 1520 Spanish had conquest of the Aztecs, 1810 Mexico fought for their independence from Spain--this war took about 11 years, 1857 the land loss, 1910 Mexican Revolution (Lecture April 17). These battles made Mexico’s nation fall apart, led to government instability, and loss of identity which is why Rivera would create murals of these events (Lecture April 17). Mexico was split and the nation had crumbled; Mexico had forgotten what is was to be Mexican and what made them a nation because they were no longer united and they no longer had an identity. These murals Rivera painted about the “everyday life…

Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera Frida Kahlo was born July 6, 1907 in Coyoacan, Mexico. She was famous for painting. Some of her most famous paintings were, still life with parrot and fruit, thinking about death, and many many more. Diego rivera was born December 8, 1886 in Guanajuato, Mexico. She was also a famous muralist. Some of Diego's famous murals were, Man at the crossroads, The flower carrier, the history of Mexico, and much, much more Frida and Diego were married December 8, 1940.…

A. Trolley History The San Diego Trolley began as a result of a natural disaster that hit the area in September 1976. Tropical Storm Kathleen destroyed parts of Southern Pacific's railroad line connecting San Diego with Arizona, therefore making San Diego an isolated portion of their rail system. Instead of repairing the damaged line, Southern Pacific asked for abandonment of the line at the same time mass transit planning studies were occurring in San Diego. This led to San Diego successfully…

Diego Rivera was born in Guanajuato Mexico and grew up there until his family moved to Mexico City in 1893. Accepted into the San Carlos Academy at the age of ten, Rivera began his education and his career during a troubled time not only for Mexico but also within the world stage. Socialism and Marxism were on the rise and at the time his native Mexico was struggling to re-establish its own identity before Spanish influence. Diego Rivera’s art would contribute to the voice of the oppressed…

Diego Rivera was commissioned by Edsel Ford to paint murals at the DIA; and today these murals are considered one of the most influential pieces of art in America. At the DIA; When one first walks into the Rivera Court, there is a phrase below one of the panel that says: ars longa, vita brevis; which translates to art is long, life is short; symbolizing how the messages in murals he painted are timeless, especially when history always seems to rhyme with the present. Good vs evil, and nature…

Kloss asserts that Diego Velázquez was “one of the greatest painters in a European century”. Perhaps the most famous painting by Velazquez is his Maids of Honor, Las Meninas, painted about 1656. It has the distinction of being probably the first painting in which a living King and a painter at work are seen together in a studio” (L36, 20:11). The subject is multifaceted; the painting is entitled Maids of Honor, referring to the princess’ maids who are attending to her, but are not the focus…

of the Peon, by Diego Rivera sends a strong message on Mexicans heritage. This painting with a dimensions of 73” x 94 ¼” was painted in 1931, and its on display at Philadelphia Museum of Art. The focal point on this painting is the is a man on the ground that is naked and has scars all over his body by what seems to be repeated lashes. Not only this man looks like he was beaten almost to death but he was tie to a post while he was punish. There are four mans trying to help him one hold his…

Betzy Morales Frida Kahlo is a Mexican painter who was born on July 6, 1907 in Coyoacan, Mexico. Her real name is Magdalena Carmen Frieda Kahlo y Calderon. She started painting after a serious injury from a bus at 18 years old. Kahlo had several surgeries throughout her life due to Polio. As her career as a painter begin to grow, she started to live all around the world such as, New York, San Francisco, and Paris. Fifty-five of her paintings are self-portraits. She was also known as a bisexual…

The two murals I chose were both painted by Diego Rivera around the same time period between 1923 and 1947 with the first, “Liberation of the Peon being painted in 1923 and the second “dream of a Sunday Afternoon in Alameda Park” being painted from 1946-47. “Emiliano Zapata’s aim was to bring about agrarian reform and freedom to the poor and working class citizens. But how successful/how lasting was the influence of Zapata and/or agrarian reform on both the Mexican Revolution and present day…

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