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    taking place. Inspired by the political ideals of the Mexican Revolution (1914-15) and the Russian Revolution (1917)‚ Rivera wanted to make art that reflected the lives of the working class and native peoples of Mexico. He became fascinated in painting murals‚ finding his muse from the Renaissance frescos in Italy. When he returned to Mexico‚ the government gave him funding

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    characteristics to it: It is the subject of many unexplainable symbols‚ images‚ and stories inside and outside of the airport. Pattern of Organization: Topical Introduction I. [Attention-Getter] Picture yourself in a place that once had murals portraying destruction and catastrophe‚ a system of an underground city‚ inexplicable construction and excavation‚ and runways formed in the shape of a swastika. II. [Reveal topic and relate to audience] [CLICK SLIDE] Well‚ the Denver International

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    of art. The two forms art were mural and portable art. “Mural art is paintings and engravings on the walls of caves” (Price 131). Mural art has been found mostly in France and Spain. The paint used for murals is a combination of minerals and cave water. The main colors are black‚ yellow‚ red and sometimes white. The mixture is long lasting as hundreds of murals exist today. Most of the murals that have survived are deep within the caves as oppose to the murals that may have been painted in the

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    that reflected the lives of the working class as well as the native peoples of Mexico. Rivera soon developed an interest in designing murals during a trip to Italy. He found inspiration in the Renaissance frescos that were in Italy that he saw during his trip By the year of 1930‚ Diego Rivera had an international favor for his passionate and lush murals. He was inspired by Communistic ideas and he had an intense

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    live and work on his art. First mural he created was in 1922 in the boulevard amphitheater at the university of Mexico was the first important mural of the 20th century. His later works he used historical social and political theme to how the life of Mexican people. In the 1930 and 40s he traveled to the united states where he was commissioned to paint several murals in 1932 at the height of the great depression. Rivera arrived in the city of Detroit to paint a mural that was dedicated to the American

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    their hunting culture in the artwork and just how they lived and survived their everyday lives. The painting of Ti and the Hippopotamus is carved and chiseled while Hall of the Bulls is more loose and brushy. a. The lines in the paleolithic mural Hall of the Bulls are more wavy and horizontal while the lines in the egyptian tomb fresco Ti and the Hippopotamus are more thin and defined. Both do have wavy lines‚ in Ti and the Hippopotamus the water beneath the boat has wavy lines with hippos

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    each painting or drawing a unique look that is almost the artist’s way of signing their work. Such as‚ the difference between one of the mural study pieces at the Pearl Fincher Museum and Sheep Shearing by James “Buck” Winn. This makes each painting look different‚ and gives each painting a different feel. Made by an unknown artist in an unknown year a mural study piece from the museum is an oil painting on a panel. It is a painting of several men raising‚ shearing‚ and killing sheep. In the front

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    grandes " the big three" José Clemente Orozco‚ David Alfaro Siqueiros and Diego Rivera. These three painters had a tremendous influence on Mexican art from the 1920s through the 1940s. The Mexican mural movement was a "vehicle to represent the government’s ideology and its vision of history." The plan was for murals to be painted on public buildings to help spread the campaign messages for the government. As social inequality‚ hunger and unfair distribution of currency and land saturated Mexico and political

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    Born in New Jersey in 1953 Juana Alicia is an American citizen most well-known for her murals and being involved in the Chicano art movement. Juana Alicia currently teaches full time at Berkeley City College where she directs a program called true colors. Alicia’s mother and friends were all activists‚ her mother being an activist in the farm worker movement‚ and her friends being Black Panthers‚ and Alicia herself attending a few of these meetings. In the early seventies Alicia was personally invited

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    “Break with the past but not tradition” in order to reject colonialism (Kettenmann 23) was Diego Rivera’s unique style when painting the murals. As mentioned previously he did not want Mexico to be remembered through the loss‚ but be remembered as a country who is looking forward. To do that Rivera had to toss out the old depiction of Mexico who was created by those who colonized them in order to create the new identity (Wolfe 143). Diego Rivera’s unique style showcased his political viewpoints in

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