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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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    Humi 16 Professor: Leslie Berry Midterm Bella Lee 1. Between 1900 and 1925‚ traditional norms were violated or abandoned in art‚ music‚ and literature. What factors might have brought about this situation? Offer specific examples to illustrate your general statements (think of Picasso‚ Matisse‚ Brancusi‚ and Mondrian). Pablo Picasso‚ who was born in Malaga‚ Spain‚ changed and created new style of painting while moving from a place to another. He went throng his blue period‚ in which he used

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    and dominance were still apparent in the way that Frida was viewed by American media. In 1933‚ Frida and Diego Rivera came to Detroit in order for Diego to work on a mural project there. The Detroit news published an article on Frida’s art and relationship with the more famous Rivera titled “Wife of the Master Mural Painter Cheerfully Dabbles in Works of Art”‚ which‚ though both Frida and Diego were artists‚ places value in Diego’s work over Frida’s. This affirms the idea that she is below her husband

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    developments‚ and subsequent resolutions. She endured many tragic events including acquiring Polio‚ a debilatating accident‚ an unfaithful marriage‚ and a slow‚ painful death. Her career as an artist was overshadowed by the success of her husband‚ Diego Rivera‚ and never given significant attention until the Feminist movement in the sixties‚ after her death. Stylistically‚ Frida’s paintings seem to follow the Surrealist movement‚ however‚ she was never acknowledged as an official member. André Breton

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    Hisory of Mexican Art

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    fine arts were largely in imitation of European traditions. After the Mexican Revolution‚ a new generation of Mexican artists led a vibrant national movement that incorporated political‚ historic‚ and folk themes in their work. The painters Diego Rivera‚ José Clemente Orozco‚ and David Alfaro Siqueiros became world famous for their grand scale murals‚ often displaying clear social messages. Rufino Tamayo and Frida Kahlo produced more personal works with abstract elements. The literature of

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    Frida Kahlo and Surrealism According to the author Frida Kahlo wanted to be regarded as an original‚ but her works of art intertwined with what Andre Breton defined as surrealism‚ it was only until he went to Mexico and labeled her as a surrealist that she acknowledged the fact. Frida was aware of the fact that the tag of surrealist would bring her to crtical acclaim‚ and had no doubts about her paintings being surrealistic. The author states that Frida’s surrealism served both a personal and a

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    A leader: a person who leads or commands a group‚ organization‚ or country. This is the textbook definition of a leader although‚ is this the only way to define a leader? Can a leader be someone who‚ despite all odds against them‚ can come out on top‚ and inspire others to do to them same? Can a leader be someone who’s life is filled with physical‚ as well as emotional pain‚ but see’s nothing but the best in everything she sees? Can a leader be someone who questions the status quo‚ and spits in the

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    movement’s influence subsequently spread throughout North America‚ acting as the primary inspiration for the Works Progress Administration’s art movement of 1940s America‚ which sought to employ artists through government patronage. Leading artist Diego Rivera in fact was commissioned by

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    Mexican-Americans but they also sculpted‚ painted‚ sang and danced to form a cultural identity unique and distinctly their own. Mainly focusing on Southern California during the 1940’s to the present‚ Chicano Art took its roots from Mexican painters like Rivera‚ Siqueiros‚ and Viramontes. The struggle for a Chicano identity‚ one that was not instilled by the dominating Anglo community‚ was the goal of muralists and painters alike. It was this search for identity that led to the Chicano Movement. By comparing

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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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