to dig deep into the writings of activists and historians and grasp the anti-imperialist and pro-nationalist undercurrents of such work. Firstly‚ José Luis Cuevas used his 1957 manifesto The Cactus Curtain to part with major Mexican muralists like Diego Rivera‚ who he believed conflated racial mixture with nationalism. Secondly‚ David Craven‚ a U.S. expert on Latino art‚ exposed Cuban painter Rene Portocarrero and writer Gerardo Mosquera’s propagandic tendencies as Portocarrero made film posters under
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During the pinnacle of the mural movement in Mexico‚ muralists such as Rivera and Siqueiros were invited to paint murals in the United States. The arrival of these two giants in the United States inspired both their American counterparts in the 1930’s and later Chicano painters in the 1970’s and 80’s. Art work such as America Tropical created by Siqueiros in LA greatly influenced the Chicano style. The mural displayed an Indian peon representing oppression by United State imperialism who is crucified
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Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe was an American author‚ poet‚ editor‚ and literary critic. He started off writing poems and then books. He experienced so many tragedies in his life that his writings got darker. His writing was influenced by the loss of so many loved ones‚ his unstable love life and his alcohol abuse. His horror stories are some of the scariest stories ever written. Edgar Poe was born on January 19‚ 1809 in Boston Massachusetts. His father abandoned the family and his mother died
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Jose Guadalupe PosadaJose Guadalupe Posada is one of the most celebrated popular artists of the Americas. He greatly influenced the generation of Orozco and Rivera‚ who both admitted in Posada ’s time to admiring and following this notable famous artist. Over his lifetime‚ Posada is said to have created over 20‚000 original prints and in fact prints are often called posadas after him. Posada is in the distinguished tradition of cartoonists who double as political and social commentators. Posada
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My decade’s project is about Mexico in the 60s. I chose Victor Ochoa because he is an inventor from Mexico who invented the electric windmill in 1860s. Victor Ochoa was a man of many talents. He’s born in Mexico and lived there all his life. When he was alive he was a graphic designer‚ painter‚ inventor‚ and master muralist. Victor Ochoa was born in 1850s in Ojinaja‚ Mexico. His mother’s name was Francisca Ochoa and his father’s name Juan Ochoa. He grew up on a small town because there wasn’t
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My right arm ached as I woke from my slumber. I sat up and adjusted my body. A jolt of pain shot up my arm and I remembered it all when I saw the sling my arm rested in. A beautiful summer day in San Diego. Sun shinning‚ clear skies. I was cruising down San Diego Bay with my siblings‚ cousins‚ aunt‚ and dad. I was so excited to see my aunt‚ uncle and cousins‚ considering I haven’t seen them in years. I regretted having so much fun remembering my mother was home sick with the flu‚ but I pushed
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main image‚ besides Frida‚ in the center‚ is a perfectly formed male fetus which she named “Dieguito‚” that she longed to have for so long‚ especially being the unborn son of the love of her life. The Orchid on the bottom center was a gift from Diego Rivera‚ which was also an artist around this time and was with Frida as well. The snail on the upper right corner alludes to the slow paced miscarriage she had to go through. The salmon pink plaster female torso on the upper left corner was her idea
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“First Poem for You” is a poem by written by Kim Addonizio‚ an American poet. This poem “First Poem for You” is a closed-form poem but written as an English sonnet. The poem a person who loves the tattoos in his or her lover’s skin. At the same time the tattoos scares him or her by their permanence. The thoughtfulness and the depth of details expressed in this poem makes us conclude that the persona or speaker in this poem is a female. The speaker is certain about the permanence of the tattoos on
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drew attention to her. She had a bohemian flare and just lived as she pleased. She broke norms daily‚ but did not care because that’s just who she was. During her lifetime‚ Frida’s paintings did not get much attention and she was often referred to as Diego Rivera’s wife. Her artwork received recognition after her death due to a new artistic style in Mexico during the 1980’s called Neomexicanismo. After that‚ her work began being showcased in many countries outside of Mexico such as London‚ Sweden‚ Germany
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As Rivera’s trip to America in the 1930s swept him through a whirlwind of artistic transformation‚ the Mexican muralist bequeathed a wide array of both admired and detested artworks across the country. Perhaps his most infamous creation‚ whether a product of defiance or miscommunication‚ found itself brushed across a prominent wall of Rockefeller Center in New York City in 1934. Man at the Crossroads‚ a piece commissioned by business magnate Nelson Rockefeller‚ stirred loathsome sentiments within
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