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    Symbol Example from story Importance Act 1: Nature “Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under it.”- Lady Macbeth (Act 1 scene 5 line 72-73) “The air nimbly and sweetly recommends itself unto our gentle sense.” - King Duncan (Act 1, Scene 6, Line 1-2) “... heaven’s breath smells wooingly here.” - Banquo (Act 1, Scene 6, Line 6-7) All of these lines compare Macbeth to something in nature. Lady Macbeth’s line says that Macbeth needs to look like a flower but really be a snake deep…

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    The Couple in the cage was a performance, filmed into a documentary of artist Guillermo Gómez-Peña and Coco Fusco. Guillermo Gómez-Peña is a Mexican–American performance and installation artist and writer, as well as an activist and educator. His works revolves around the issue of the north–south border and US–Mexican interactions. Gómez-Peña is deemed as a pioneer of performance art, experimental radio, video and installation art. His works often involve dense texts, a collaboration with…

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    with arts forever. During her life she was an activist of the Mexican Communist Party and was married with a famous Mexican muralist Diego Rivera. He played one of the most important roles in her life. On day Frida would say: “There have been two great accidents in my life. One was the trolley (Author´s note: referring to the accident), and the other was Diego. Diego was by far the worst.” Frida’s as well as Hieronymus Bosch’s art are often associated with genre of the surrealism. Clearly, the…

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    Revolution. In 1922, Frida is one of the few women admitted to a prestigious National Preparatory school in Mexico City to study medicine. (Souter) While she studied there, Frida met with many political activists, such as the Cachets, and artists, such as Diego Rivera. (Friedman) Unfortunately for Frida, she was a woman who had a life filled with many unfortunate events. On September 17, 1925, She was on her way to school when…

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    I Juan De Pareja

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    still a slave or servant. One day juan decides to start to draw like his master but it is forbidden for slave to learn how to make art so he starts to steal some canvas and paint from his master to practice in secret. A couple years later the great Diego Velasquez is summoned by the king to paint portraits for him. This is a huge honor for his family and him so they go and paint for the king. Then one day Juan and master goes across sea and while they are there he is debating whether or not to…

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    Visual Art Analysis Essay

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    other hand, reflects a completely industrialized country that Kahlo may view as a place of labor only, where she feels trapped. In this painting, Kahlo seems to explore her true place in the world. She resides in the United States with her husband, Diego, at the time, but her heart belongs to her birth country, Mexico (Public Broadcasting Services…

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    Fida's Sister

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    Her father was a German descendent and photographer. At the age of six she was stricken with polio, which caused her to limp after recovery. Frida attended the renowned National Preparatory School in Mexico where she met a famous muralist named Diego Rivera. She was one of the few female students to attend the school. On September 17, 1925, Frida and her boyfriend Gómez Arias were riding on a bus when it hit a streetcar. As a result of the crash, she was impaled by a steel handrail, which went…

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    Grace Lenthe 1 Grace Lenthe Professor Kigerl HUM 1001 9-6-16 Essay Paper 1 Painting Les valeurs personnelles: René Magritte Les valeurs personnelles (Personal Values) (80.01 cm x 100.01 cm) Oil Painting By René Magritte, 1952 Les valeurs personnelles is one of many paintings by Rene Magritte that challenges human views of reality by making ordinary objects become realistic and human-like. Magritte portrays a full room of everyday objects that are painted way out of proportion. He uses…

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    Diego Rivera Thesis

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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…

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    Frida Kahlo's Paintings

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    Paintings Frida Kahlo is a famous Mexican woman artist who was born in 1907 and died in 1954. She was married to the world famous muralist Diego Rivera in 1929. She faced several undesirable experiences including an accident that affected her pelvis, spine and legs. She was also unable to bear children in her difficult marriage life with the famous Mexican Muralist Diego Rivera with whom she got married in 1929. Most of her paintings and oeuvres capture her emotional and physical effects of her…

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