Frida Kahlo

However, the identity of Mexicans tends to lie in the ethnic roots, whether they were mainly European or indigenous. Artists such as Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo depicted pride in their native ancestry and the present cultural importance of the arts. The political organization of Mexico is such that it has a plurality of political parties and to obtain the presidency, it has become almost impossible to obtain…

Rachel Mitacek Calaveras: Comedy of the Dead Since the beginning of history, bones have been related to symbolism. The symbol of a skull is used continuously in multiple cultures around the globe. Moreover, Skulls have numerous representations depending on the use of the emblem: flags, tattoos, and art décor are just a few to mention. Within the endless possibilities, this essay will focus on the artistic view of Mexican culture. Some of the first ideas one often correlates with Mexican art…

7. Hernan Cortes is known throughout history specifically for his conquest of the Aztec peoples. Militaristically speaking this was a significant event. Cortes defeated an army 300 times the size of his own and was able to take control of the Aztec capital. Yet, Hernan Cortes is not a celebrated hero in modern day Mexico. Do YOU think Cortes is a hero or villain? Keep in mind this is a complex question. You should not simply say he was a villain because he killed many Aztecs. Your answer needs…

Female identity means how women are perceived and how women are as humans, and this a concept that can be interpreted in many different ways depending on the culture, opinions, and author. It has been debated for many years of what female identity should be defined as, for example in Catholicism they believe mostly that the women should serve the man, but in cultures like the Huns perceive the women to be just as capable as the men. Female identity can vary; and the way female can vary through…

From Barack Obama to The Ramones, from John Wayne to a common criminal, from hippies to high fashion model, denim is as American as baseball and apple pie. It always seems to find its way back into style. Rudei Karrer, the curator, of the denim museum in Zurich, Switzerland, Ruedi Karrer, is not into denim as in terms of style trends and fashion but he just loves denim. Karrer is more evolved with the history of denim as well as running this museum. “Denim is one of the world’s most popular…

Guerrilla girls The contemporary poster “Do Women Have to be Naked to Get into the MET Mueseum,” (1989) was made by the Guerilla girls in response to the conscious and unconscious discrimination in the art world at the time. The Guerrilla Girls are intersectional feminist activist artists who since their inception have underminde the idea of a mainstream narrative by revealing the understory and subtext in order to expose bad behaviour in the art world. Working collaboratively as a group to…

I have chosen to do my essay on the feminist movement, focusing mainly on the activist group called The Guerrilla Girls. I chose this specific group to focus on as they caught my attention when learning about them. After doing more research on them made me certain that this was going to be the topic of my essay. The reason I chose this group to focus on is due to the fact that they stood for what they believed was wrong and tried everything they could to change the art world and make it equal.…

Identity is made up of who people are and characteristics that define them. Overtime, artists express the concept of identity through portraits, self-portraits, photography, videography and many more medias. The concept of identity is popular with many artists as it allows them to write their own story through art and to express whom they truly are and to not be trapped into whom society thinks they are. Identity is the way we perceive and express ourselves. Circumstances and factors that an…

Tastefully developed and carefully curated, The Meadows Museum at Southern Methodist University now holds one of the largest collections of Spanish art outside of Spain. The museum prides itself on displaying widely diversified paintings, a statement I do not fully agree with. Although the two-story museum’s walls are furnished with with a wide variety of subject content there is a chauvinistic sense about their collections. I am not saying there is an unequal ratio of male to female portraits…

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