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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Portraiture Case Study “Some of the most fascinating portraits are those that offer the viewer an emotional or psychological insight into their subject” Compare and contrast the work of THREE artists who have explored the genre of portraiture. A portrait is typically defined as a representation of a specific individual‚ such as the artist might meet in life. “It could be drawn‚ painted‚ sculpted or photographed. A portrait is usually a statement‚ made firstly by the sitter‚ who wishes to be seen
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before the Mexican Revolution‚ Frida Kahlo was the “poster child” for personal pain and tragedy. Her life included a series of illnesses and misfortunes that led to the personality and reflection of the woman in her artwork. Her marriage to Diego Rivera‚ a prominent Mexican muralist‚ was one of the “great tragedies” of her life‚ but also contributed to defining herself as an independent woman who defied all the stereotypes of women as artists that existed. The other tradegy included a very serious
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ophthalmologist‚ novelist‚ educator‚ farmer‚ historian‚ playwright‚ sculptor‚ painter‚ and journalist. 3. He studied under the guidance of Justiniano Aquino Cruz in Biñan Laguna; Ateneo Municipal de Manila (he graduated); University of Sto. Tomas (Philosophy and Letters & Medicine specializing in Opthalmology); Universidad Central de Madrid (Licentiate in Medicine); University of Paris; University of Heidelberg. 4. The whole name of Dr. Jose Rizal is Jose Protasio Rizal Mercado y Alonso
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many great painters especially‚ Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo. Diego Rivera made art for the working class and native people in Mexico. He was raised in Guanajuato and went to school at the San Carlos Academy of Fine Arts. Diego was very talented in making murals. One of his finest works of art is “Man at the Cross Roads” but it was destroyed by the Rockefellers because of the judgment. Rivera was married to Frida Kahlo and she was very known for her self portraits. Frida was born in Coyocoan and is
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expected to take. Kahlo’s new environment provided her with the comfort she needed‚ a distraction from the conservative society she was living in. Through the school‚ Kahlo was able to grow academically and ultimately met her future husband‚ Diego Rivera‚ who was 36 at the time while she was 15. Unfortunately‚ Kahlo experienced another tragedy. Taking a bus to return from the school back to Coyoacán‚ the bus was involved in a catastrophic accident‚ leaving Kahlo severely injured. A handrail impaled
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subject matter referring to the wretchedness and loneliness of women‚ these works were motivated by the suicide of his close friend Carlos Casagemas. Picasso’s painting “Self-portrait with Cloak” Oil on canvas 81 x 60 cm (1901) is an example of the work produced in the Blue period. The painting is similar to a Van Gough style portrait as it shows him wearing a dark coat; the colours of the painting coincide with the theme of blue and depression‚ which allows the viewer to relate to his personal state of
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The three main and most important artists during this movement were Jose Clemente Orozco‚ Diego Rivera‚ and David Alfaro Siqueiros‚ and the muralists in Mexico were interested in Aztec and Mayan cultures‚ depicted some Mexican people and their heroes’ live and work. During the early years of the twentieth century‚ those three representative muralists
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lives of women. Kahlo’s art work consisted of pregnancy‚ heartbreak‚ abuse and conception making these subjects a political matter because women could not freely talk about these things in public‚ they could not express themselves courageously. In Rivera art work Distributing Arms (fig.2.1)‚ he portrays political public figures that were very active within the communist party. Frida Kahlo appears in the center‚ leading
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Mexico’s greatest artists‚ Frida Kahlo painted over one-hundred and forty-three works of arts were fifty-five are self-portraits. Through their paints many artists express their ideas and feeling and Frida was not the exception. As show by two of her art pieces‚ Self Portrait in a Velvet Dress (Figure 1)‚ and The Broken Column (Figure 2). Frida Kahlo’s first paining was Self Portrait in a Velvet Dress in 1926. Kahlo painted it while she was in bed after a car accident. In this piece‚ one of the first
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