The Mexican Revolution began in 1910, which ended dictatorship and establish a republic. Mexico was always going through rebellion. It had a difficult time finding a government that the people liked and supported. The main figures were Francisco Madero, Pascual Orozco, Pancho Villa and Emiliano Zapata. A constitution was drafted back in 1917, but it was reinforced into later on. The revolution was an attempt to overthrow the current president. This would result in civil war in which over 1 million people died. The revolution resulted in the evolution of human rights and democracy in Mexico. It was also one of the most successful revolutions in Latin America. Porfirio Diaz ruled from 1876 to 1910. He was an Indian general that was in the…
Pancho Villa was born on June 5, 1878 in San Juan del Rio, Durango, Mexico. His full name was José Doroteo Arango Arámbula, but his nickname were either Pancho Villa or Francisco Villa. Pancho Villa was one of the the top military leaders of the Mexican Revolution. Villa started off as a bandit. He was later inspired by reformer Francisco Madero, who helped him win the Mexican Revolution. After being with with Victoriano Huerta, he formed his own army to oppose the dictator. He was assassinated…
people in the American work force are strangers to the employment setting that is the office—other than Daniel Orozco. Whether it is despised or admired is a never-ending debate between millions of people who lead completely different lifestyles. Some feed off the energy, or the lack thereof. Some live through the day to day trying to cope with the normalcies of their careers, leading to interesting personal lives that are filled with mystery. Daniel Orozco creates a narrator in “Orientation”…
Daniel Orozco is famous for writing the short story called “Orientation.”In his story Daniel uses lots of explanation to give the readers what they want to hear. The tone that is explained to the readers is broad,because he shows a lot of imagery to let the audience know what he is talking about. Daniel talks about how everything is explained around where he works at and tells the people that he is giving a tour all about what the job is like, and between right and wrong. Everything seems weird…
his opinion through his work for centuries to come. José, born in Silao, Guanajuanto, was first introduced to art by his grandfather who had a library filled with books, sculptures and paintings. This sparked a fuse that would end up lighting the way for his career as an artist, and not only change his future, but also impacted many lives along the way. When Jose was 18, he took the first train he could get on, he first stopped in the southwest working as a ranch hand on farms, and then headed…
Jose Clemente Orozco is a Mexican muralist during the 20th century using fresco in his work. Orozco has created outstanding murals, portraying his point of view of stereotype Mexican art, he became a major art movement in the 1930’s. He exhibited his emotions throughout his murals and created a new generation of his paradigm of Mexico in a new world. In his works of Father Hidalgo, with a flaming torch his palms, he constructed his mural of the Mexican liberator Miguel Hidalgo. In the fresco,…
Diego Rivera was a Mexican painter, and he was largely based on the historical roots of Mexico. He had many great contributions to American societies during the beginning half of the twentieth century. Rivera’s main goal was for his art to revolutionize the world. Rivera was always a very radical person, and it reflected in his art; at the peak of Rivera’s art career he was caught in the middle of a revolution of politics and technology, which made his views in support of communism and…
Oscar de la Renta Where it all began On July 22, 1932 an artist was born. In Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Oscar Aristides Renta Fiallo was born, or known around the world as Oscar de la Renta. In 1951, when Oscar turned 19, his father wanted him to join him in his insurance business, but he decided to study painting and sketching at the Real Academia de Bella Artes in San Fernando, Madrid instead. During this time Oscar drew clothing sketches for newspapers and fashion houses for extra…
1. Mexican Muralism – Mexican muralism is the term used to describe the revival of large-scale mural painting in Mexico during the 1920’s and 1930’s. The three greatest Mexican muralists were José Clemente, Diego Rivera, and David Alfaro Siqueiros. Diego Rivera is known to be the most important painter of the movement. The Mexican muralism is also known as one of the greatest movements in Mexican territories as it gave a new way for painters to be able to paint in civic buildings and in…
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…