The famous mural of Frank Romero "Going to the Olympics” that is painted on the 101 freeway is a very big part of the Los Angeles culture. This painting has been there since 1984 when Frank Romero had some help painting it on a wall that was very visible to all the people traveling on the 101 freeway. It is said to represent a huge part of the person in L.A. and how much they love their cars. As famous as this mural is some people don’t respect L.A’s culture. This famous mural was one of the
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Dr. Thomas Freeman and learned about his long‚ incredible life‚ but before that‚ we walked some of the halls containing mural after mural. Many are elaborate paintings of various elements of the black lives matter movement. Others‚ like the police brutality mural‚ have connotations to today’s world and the injustices African American people face on a day to day basis. The mural that caught my eye‚ though‚ was the one depicting one mule on a vast stretch of land which‚ Mr. Ford said‚ is a symbol
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A very fascinating mural called the "Going to the Olympics" by artist Frank Romero was displayed on a wall in the city of Los Angeles for numerous years. The beauty of his art roused countless other artists and proved to be one of the most beautiful works of art in L.A. Within the mural‚ Romero included significant factors that would show L.A.’s history with the Olympic games. For instance‚ the stamp commemorates the 1932 Olympics that was hosted in the city. The iron from a fictional
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The Muralist Movement in Mexico Mural painting is one of the oldest and most important forms of artistic‚ political and social expression. Mexican muralists‚ Diego Rivera‚ Jose Clemente Orozco‚ and David Alfaro Siqueiros revived this form of painting in Mexico and led the way for the Muralist Movement in Mexico. Their murals were based on the political and social conditions of the times. During the beginning of the 20th century‚ Mexico went through a political and social revolution and the government
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were throughout his years on Earth. After that‚ two pieces of art work he created will be examine and analyzed. The first piece of work is a painting called View of Toledo‚ 1912‚ Oil on Canvas. The second piece of art work is a mural called Creation‚ 1922-1923‚ Fresco Mural. After looking at the two different pieces of art you will be able to see how amazing this artist was to be able to master completely difference styles in such a short
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Instructor: Toni Nelson Herrera Chic 3672 Chicano/a Experience in the Midwest 2/10/2012 A Selected Annotated Bibliography on the Mexican Muralist Movement. http://www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/2006/2/06.02.01.x.html#top The Mexican and Chicano mural Movements by Maria Cardalliaguet Gomez-Malaga As an instructor for the Yale-New Haven Teachers institute Maria Cardalliaguet Gomez-Malaga has posted the contents of her Curriculum Unit 06.02.01. The Idea behind a final for this class is a discussion
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made a statement by painting a mural of Steve Jobs at a refugee camp in Calais France. The mural is captioned: “the son of a migrant from Syria.” Banksy here is trying to address the refugee crisis and express how through denying support to refugees we could be denying the world of the next Steve Jobs who happens to be the son of a Syrian immigrant. The use of Banksy to public walls is intended to deliver his political message internationally to the masses. Banksy’s mural provides a strong argument because
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n the mural "Going to the Olympics" by artist Frank Romero‚ he captivates the attention of his viewers in Los Angeles. His painting includes symbols‚ drawings‚ and of course meaning. It is composed of colorful cars‚ a blimp‚ wrestling horse‚ iron‚ hearts‚ stamps and palm trees. These symbols can be for various reasons for example the wrestling could have to do with the olympics at the time. The hearts can symbolize the love we should share as a community. Also realize that they are in between the
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this mixture on canvases‚ murals‚ drawings‚ and paintings. Many people consider graffiti art as vandalism‚ yet graffiti murals consist of the same qualities of famous paintings exhibited museums. Graffiti murals are art for several reasons. Graffiti art murals can bring beauty to areas that are depressing. There are many suburban areas in Los Angeles that are in need of appealing images‚ such as murals. A website that has studied and described why graffiti murals are considered art is GRAFFITI
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I believe that Picasso’s mural Guernica is Surrealism‚ Cubism‚ and Expressionism. However‚ before I get give my reason why let us look and understand what that mural is about. In Cubist artwork‚ objects are analyzed‚ broken up and reassembled in an abstracted form. By doing this‚ artists are able to use surreal views and expressions to show emotion and convey messages. So‚ in reality‚ I don’t think one can have Surrealism‚ Cubism‚ and Expressionism without each other. They are all a by-product of
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