Summary: Mural De La Prehistoria
Cuba is filled with color, contrast, and ideology, not only in their art, but their way of life. Below are a couple of photos that speak to the processes of art from the photo itself and what the photo is illustrating.
Mural de la Prehistoria
Contrary to the name, this painting is not thousands of years old. In fact, it’s not even hundreds of years old. This mural, one of the largest in the world, sits outside of Vinales, Cuba and explains the biology of life from the island. This piece of art is a direct of effect of what a communist/socialist dictator can do. In 1959, Dr. Antonio Nunez Jimenez explained to Fidel Castro and Celia Sanchez about his trip through the surrounding caves and mountains. He explained had found fossils of fish, skulls of saurian, and evidence of the original natives living here. In March of 1960, Cuban painter, Leovigildo Gonzalez, who studied Diego Rivera, was chosen by Castro to complete the work. The painting is 80 meters high and 120 meters wide. Farmers were directed by Gonzalez to draw the lines by hanging from ropes attached to parachutes. The work represents the evolution of life in the area. (The mural is so large, taking a picture of the entire piece was extremely difficult) …show more content…
Bight, complementary and analogous colors and simple outlines create a sense of change and moment (the evolution the artwork is telling). Contour lines outline each figure and create their simple organic shape. The overwhelming vertical and horizontal size and texture of the rock wall creates a unique environment that only adds more contrast and movement to each figure. The contour lines are aided by the rock’s texture to give each figure an extra dimension, even if there is no perspective in the mural. The simplicity of the animals and humans are the focal point, but it the change through time, the evolution of life, is the hidden meaning of the
Mural de la Prehistoria
Contrary to the name, this painting is not thousands of years old. In fact, it’s not even hundreds of years old. This mural, one of the largest in the world, sits outside of Vinales, Cuba and explains the biology of life from the island. This piece of art is a direct of effect of what a communist/socialist dictator can do. In 1959, Dr. Antonio Nunez Jimenez explained to Fidel Castro and Celia Sanchez about his trip through the surrounding caves and mountains. He explained had found fossils of fish, skulls of saurian, and evidence of the original natives living here. In March of 1960, Cuban painter, Leovigildo Gonzalez, who studied Diego Rivera, was chosen by Castro to complete the work. The painting is 80 meters high and 120 meters wide. Farmers were directed by Gonzalez to draw the lines by hanging from ropes attached to parachutes. The work represents the evolution of life in the area. (The mural is so large, taking a picture of the entire piece was extremely difficult) …show more content…
Bight, complementary and analogous colors and simple outlines create a sense of change and moment (the evolution the artwork is telling). Contour lines outline each figure and create their simple organic shape. The overwhelming vertical and horizontal size and texture of the rock wall creates a unique environment that only adds more contrast and movement to each figure. The contour lines are aided by the rock’s texture to give each figure an extra dimension, even if there is no perspective in the mural. The simplicity of the animals and humans are the focal point, but it the change through time, the evolution of life, is the hidden meaning of the