Frida Kahlo was a Mexican artist who describes the natural culture of Mexico in a style combining Realism‚ Symbolism and Surrealism. An active communist supporter‚ she was the wife of Mexican artist called Diego Rivera. Frida is known for her self-portraits often expressing her illnesses and suffering through her painting. In the last three decades she has gained admiration in Europe and the US resulting in the 2002 movie about her life starring Salma Hayek‚ which sparked even further interest in
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their portraits of society which are often disturbing to the viewer. The role of an artist often includes acting as a social critic‚ to show us aspects of our cultural landscape that are unpleasant. In this manner‚ the art acts as a commentary on the negative aspects of Western civilisation. During the thirties and forties‚ Kahlo incorporated the hidden realities of economic and social depression into her works. Frida Kahlo was a Mexican artist‚ most often recognized for her series of self-portraits
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| Learning Project 1‚ Part 4-6 | | | LP1‚ Part 4: What are others’ experiences of me when I am my best? Phase 1: Creating the Reflected Best-Self Portrait When I am at best‚ I help people. I motivate myself and feel motivated when I get to help others. Whether it’s a stranger‚ colleague‚ friends‚ or family‚ I feel my passion in assisting those in need. As long as it’s within my capability and moral belief that what people ask for help is ethical and legal‚ I give them my attention
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Adolescent Self-Portrait Paper March 4th‚ 2013 BSHS/325 "When they were young teenagers‚ most of the participants had fairly healthy behaviors. What’s really alarming is how rapidly healthy practices declined by the time the participants reached young adulthood." — Christine Bachrach ("Adolescence Quotes | Quotes about Adolescence"‚ n.d.). Adolescence is a time to dramatic change‚ challenges‚ and growth‚ it is a miraculous that anyone survives
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* NAME : ABDUL RAHMAN BIN MOHAMED * GROUP : 12M13 * TOPIC : READING 1 – FRIDA KAHLO : TRIUMPH OVER TRAGEDY DISCUSSION QUESTIONS QUESTION 1: How do you think painting help Frida Kahlo with her problem? ANSWER: From my view of humanisation‚ painting helps Frida Kahlo so much. It is because only from painting will make her continues her hope about her life after turning point of her life made her really uncapable to do anything else such as to be one of the successful doctor only
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When discussing Frida Kahlo’s work it is plane to see her Mexican culture and her catholic up bringing but it also reflects her personal life with her husband and her tram accident and other events that have effected her in her life. All of these things we easily demonstrated by her diary‚ and her artworks with symbolism. When discussing the symbolism in Frieda’s art work the Broken Colum and the two Kahlo’s are a good example of the symbolism that she uses. Growing up in a Mexican heritage in
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Self Portrait by Judith Leyster (1630) and Third-Class Carriage (1864) by Honore Daumier are the two paintings I will compare. Since both artists capture everyday life events‚ I will compare the similarities‚ while exhibiting their different styles related to different time periods. Judith Leyster was known for pictures of everyday life and portraits in her Baroque/Dutch Golden Age style artwork. As reported by Mind Edge‚ “The Baroque movement of the 17th and early 18th century was known for its
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art‚ especially self-portraits‚ expressing herself. And‚ most importantly‚ expressing her reality. All‚ that through definitely many of Kahlo’s paintings‚ she communicated a quite large part of it‚ in itself: Mexico. Of course‚ showing it was a shared reality by the Mexican people‚ who shared the basic main environments in her portraits. Talented with her craft based on her outlook‚ Kahlo was able to characterize and detail what primarily made each painting unique: the culture and self-individuality
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The two pieces of art work that I will be comparing are the “Henry Ford Hospital” created by Frida Kahlo in 1932‚ alongside “El Parto” created by Antonio Vasquez Yojcom in 2007.I wanted to use these two pieces of art in particular because these two artists are Mexican‚ like me and I grew up analyzing the work of Frida Kahlo. I thought it would be interesting to compare these two great pieces of work that are from the same culture‚ but have a different style and purpose. The first piece I will analyze
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In Albrecht Durer’s Self-Portrait‚ made in 1500 using oil on wood panelling‚ we see that the artist regards himself as a great individual worthy of praise. Durer made this painting after he had visited Italy during 1494-95. There he was introduced to the "idealism" associated with art. He was also introduced to the concept that the artist was their own‚ independent creative genius. Durer represents himself as an idealized‚ Chirst-like figure. His pose is harshly frontal‚ looking directly at the viewer
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