Murals of the City of the (Un)Known This whole paper started with an amazing trip to the Denver Art Museum. The Teotihuacan section immediately caught my attention. This is where I discovered the “Mural of Xochipilla”. Had I known in the beginning how mysterious this piece of art was I would have moved on to another topic for this research paper. Many hours were spent trying to find information on the “Mural of Xochipilla” which yielded no information at all. Not even the museum could reveal
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documentary. After watching the video‚ I understand more about the reasons why her painting was done this way. Her artworks brought the pieces of her life stories to the audience. Her marriage with Diego Rivera contributes the later works of her. It was the main influence of her life. If she did not meet Diego Rivera‚ we would probably see a total Frida Kahlo. The complicated relationship from inability of reproduction‚ Diego’s unfaithfulness‚ Kahlo’s affairs‚ divorce to remarriage created the Kahlo who
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Detroit‚ once the New York City of its time‚ nick named the “Motor City” as it contained one of the leading car manufacturing centers of the automobile industry. As a metropolis for the first half of the twentieth century‚ Post World War II‚ Detroit became an economic fortress and focal point in American History. Detroit’s economic stronghold placed the city in a position that was once beneficial. From the surging employment opportunities perpetuated by the booming automotive market to the development
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An Introduction to the Murals I’m going to use Lewisohn’s article as a guide to study some of the murals: their content (story) and style (making). In order to understand Lewisohn’s first line: “Everyone loves a well-told story whether in words or in paint” (11)‚ we need to have some prior information on what we are looking at. The articles we have read in class (those dealing with Mexico’s history and the coming of the Revolution‚ as well as those articles by Moore and Abbott dealing with the interpretation
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Second Chance through Destruction “The 1967 Detroit riot marked a point in U.S. history at which racial tensions between African Americans and whites reached deadly proportions” (Greene & Gabbidon 195-196). Riots in Detroit have occurred before over issues such as race‚ economics‚ and justice. The first major riot in Detroit was in March 1863‚ caused by a trial of an African American man for rape‚ and was powered by the local press. After that‚ Detroit tried to avoid major civil violence for a long
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Crime in Detroit For many years Detroit‚ Michigan has been known as the murder capital of the world. Stats show that in 2012 Detroit had the highest rate of violent crimes over any other city in the United States. Crime around the city is not only committed by the residents but also by local police officials and government officials. These are the people that took a vow to serve and protect us. But we have to protect ourselves from them. There has been crimes of racism‚ take for instance in 1992
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the development strategy of business. The Bankruptcy of Detroit In year 2013‚ Detroit filed for Chapter 9‚ Title 11 of the United State Code‚ which is a chapter of the United States Bankruptcy Code. The code is available exclusively to municipalities that assist debtors in the restructuring of debts. There is no doubt that debt exerts an indispensable role in the bankruptcy of Detroit. (“Chapter 9‚ Title 11‚ United States Code‚” 2014) Detroit government has an estimated debt about $ 18-20 billion
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The Detroit lions have done better in their new season in the NFL‚ now that they don’t have Barry sanders in their team. Without the man that holds the 2nd highest rushing record in the league‚ the team of Detroit that has always started their season bad‚ has started with a 2-0 which hasn’t happened in a long time‚ which is outstanding for the team rating. This for me is way of the charts‚ because who would of thought that The "Lions" would do so well without the man Barry Sanders. I as convinced
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Detroit‚ also known as the Motor City‚ is located in Michigan‚ a midwestern state bordering the four Great Lakes. Detroit is the most populous city in the state of Michigan‚ and has the longest freshwater coastline of any political subdivision in the world. Detroit is home to Motown‚ an American hit record company created in 1959 by Berry Gordy Jr. The auto industry is also a major part of Detroit’s interesting history. Although Detroit’s crime rate has dropped‚ Detroit can’t shake the number one
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look great when we paint a mural. It will make me proud of our school. A mural would be great because other schools have murals on their walls. I believe that a mural would be good for Strathmore. I think we should paint a mural because it looks so boring without any colour. I think we should paint a mural because it will look cool. I believe that we should paint a mural because it looks so cool and awesome with all of the beautiful colours on the walls. If we make a mural then our school would be
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