New York City Painting 'Frozen Assets'
Breno De Lima
Artwork Analysis Worksheet
1. CONTEXTUALIZE. What artwork are you discussing? When did the piece appear? What form was the artwork (painting; sculpture; quilt; etc.)? What artist produced the artwork? How was the artist received by audiences/critics (QUOTE FROM AT LEAST ONE SOURCE)? What was going on in the U.S. (or globally) when your artwork appeared? What aspects of the 1930s were particularly in the foreground during this time?
The artwork I picked was the painting “Frozen Assets” (1931-32) made by Diego Rivera.
The Art Historian Ph.D. Greta Berman published on the Juilliard Journal in February 2012: “To me, the strongest and most uncannily apropos today painting of the New York City works is Frozen Assets (1931-32), which combines …show more content…
DESCRIBE. Describe the artwork’s appearance. Describe the key details in the artwork (for paintings, to give one example, think about use of color, abstraction, figures, perspective). You might compare to other artworks here if necessary.
The painting explores a variety of strong colors imposed by the different scenes split into three areas. Diego Rivera, in simplified shapes and vivid rainbow like coloring, beautifully rescues the notion to point out the focal subject matter of the decade, as the most significant moments in the American History. As a communist, Rivera implements his dedication to echoes his opinion on the clear reality of the country at the time. Muralism and Cubism scheme stresses the lines that shape up the structure of each scene as important pieces of history.
3. ANALYZE. What features of the artwork are most important? How do the details of the piece fit together? What elements of the artwork produce an argument about the society surrounding the film? How do you make sense of the artwork and its cultural logic (that is to say, what do you have to understand about the artwork to make sense of it, and what in the artwork impels audiences to make connections to the world
Artwork Analysis Worksheet
1. CONTEXTUALIZE. What artwork are you discussing? When did the piece appear? What form was the artwork (painting; sculpture; quilt; etc.)? What artist produced the artwork? How was the artist received by audiences/critics (QUOTE FROM AT LEAST ONE SOURCE)? What was going on in the U.S. (or globally) when your artwork appeared? What aspects of the 1930s were particularly in the foreground during this time?
The artwork I picked was the painting “Frozen Assets” (1931-32) made by Diego Rivera.
The Art Historian Ph.D. Greta Berman published on the Juilliard Journal in February 2012: “To me, the strongest and most uncannily apropos today painting of the New York City works is Frozen Assets (1931-32), which combines …show more content…
DESCRIBE. Describe the artwork’s appearance. Describe the key details in the artwork (for paintings, to give one example, think about use of color, abstraction, figures, perspective). You might compare to other artworks here if necessary.
The painting explores a variety of strong colors imposed by the different scenes split into three areas. Diego Rivera, in simplified shapes and vivid rainbow like coloring, beautifully rescues the notion to point out the focal subject matter of the decade, as the most significant moments in the American History. As a communist, Rivera implements his dedication to echoes his opinion on the clear reality of the country at the time. Muralism and Cubism scheme stresses the lines that shape up the structure of each scene as important pieces of history.
3. ANALYZE. What features of the artwork are most important? How do the details of the piece fit together? What elements of the artwork produce an argument about the society surrounding the film? How do you make sense of the artwork and its cultural logic (that is to say, what do you have to understand about the artwork to make sense of it, and what in the artwork impels audiences to make connections to the world