The 20th century was a time period lasting from January 1‚ 1901 all the way through December 31‚ 2000. Commonly known as the modern era‚ this century was nothing less than contemporary in every aspect throughout the world. Art in itself has always been a widely known and incorporated feature around the world since the beginning of time. As centuries came and went‚ eras within art and certain portrayals were heavily integrated and became best known as being used within certain centuries. From visual
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In our society‚ we are surrounded by powerful women‚ Beyoncé‚ Hillary Clinton‚ Malala‚ Rosa Parks‚ Marilyn Monroe‚ and Tina Fey. Yet our country has failed to elect a woman President since becoming a free nation. In three of the most iconic works of art‚ Venus of Willdendorf from the Paleolithic era‚ the Bust of Nefertiti from Amarna‚ Egypt and the Venus de Milo from Melos‚ Greece give us insight in the role played by women in each society. Throughout history‚ civilizations have portrayed women as
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artist to the Discovery of Pulque is Jose Maria Obregon and its style is indigenismo. 8. The artist is Jose Guadalupe Posada the media he uses is prints and the Calaveras represent Dia de Los Muertos. 9. Here we have a painting of Frida Kahlo that she named The Two Fridas‚ she was associated with the surrealist group. 10. This building is the Academy of San Carlos‚ the buildings architectural style is the neoclassical style this building is important because it was the first government sponsored
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ability to portray their own interpretation of different topics through their individual work. These interpretations are in form of music‚ films‚ paintings‚ plays‚ or poems. Art provides a great way for people to express their emotions and opinions. Frida Kahlo was born in Mexico City on July 6‚ 1907. She started painting while she was recovering from a terrible bus accident‚ which she had
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Andre Derain‚ Mountains at Colioure‚ 1905-exemplifeis so called mixed technique. Favism in which short strokes of pure color derived fom the work of van goh and Seurat are combined with curvilinear planes of flat color inspired by by gaugunis paintings and are nouvau decorative arts. The assertive colors‚ which he likened to sticks of dynamite do not record what he actually saw in the landscape by rather generate their own purely artistic energy as they express the artists intense feeling about what
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The performance art piece of a Couple in the Cage is of two people living in a cage pretending to be Amerindians for the audiences that come to see them. The artists Coco Fusco and Guillermo Gomez-Pena. Underneath the performance that the artists put on is a satire of institutional racism that took place in the past while also calling to attention the fact that it is still somewhat present today. The audience of the performance contained a mix of reactions between some believing that the performance
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So it would be fairly easy to pick a number of artist that do this well but I choose only one. Frida Kahlo paintings are mostly self-imagery of her own traumatizing events. From her painful bus accident‚ to her numerous surgeries afterwards‚ she expressed these events rather vividly in her art. Pieces like Henry Ford Hospital (1992) and The Two Fridas (1939) are very good examples of traumatic effects on a person psyche. While most of her art consisted of a deep undertone
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One of the biggest things that stuck out to me was the converging of two different cultures. Like in the series video the piece “Pelea de Gallos (Fight of the Roosters) by Miguel Luciano (Puerto Rican‚ born 1972). Looking further into his work this piece is about how American advertising appropriates from other iconic characters in other cultures. It shows mainly two rooster mascots one from a major American brand (Kellogs) and another from one of Puerto Rico’s major poultry companies called Pollos
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Mischel’s social learning theory was used in the evaluation of Frida Kahlo and righteously so. Kahlo embodied the idea that people learn from their life experiences. Kahlo’s father showed her many photographs he took of the Mexican indigenous culture‚ and in turn Kahlo expressed these views in her own personality. Looking into the personal construct theory‚ Richard Nixon is a prime example of the views George Kelly had. Nixon’s decisions showed the key points of Kelly’s theory. The theory states
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On December 8‚ 1886 in Guanajuato‚ Mexico‚ Diego Rivera was born. His passion for art emerged early on‚ so at the age of 10 he attended San Carlos Academy of Fine Arts in Mexico City. Years later he traveled to Europe to further his studies‚ where he befriended many famous artists of his day. As time went on Rivera’s style began to change‚ because of the events that began taking place. Inspired by the political ideals of the Mexican Revolution (1914-15) and the Russian Revolution (1917)‚ Rivera wanted
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