The artist Fernando LLort was born on April 7, 1949 in San Salvador, El Salvador. He enjoyed art ever since he was a young boy in Elementary school. When he was in school, he always drew on his school supplies and took every chance he could to take an art class to help improve his art skills. At the age of 23, he left home and moved to La Palma, El Salvador to pursue his dreams of being an artist. The art work “My Country’s Universe” made in 2014, is about Fernando's point of view of El Salvador. He thought of El Salvador as a wonderful place to live at, with the clean environment and everyone interacting with others. People made art on the side of buildings, benches or street. A lot of Fernando's art works were exhibited in museums in New
Salvador Dali was an artist who was almost more notorious for his colorful personality as for his artistic talents. He took an apolitical outlook on world politics, but often dabbled in anti-establishment movements. This essay explores the life of Salvador Dali, the historical and political time he lived in, and how these influenced his work.
Pablo Picasso is one of the most famous and well-documented artists of the twentieth century. Picasso, unlike most painters, is even more special because he did not confine himself to canvas, but also produced sculpture, poetry, and ceramics in profusion. Although much is known about this genius, there is still a lust after more knowledge concerning Picasso, his life and the creative forces that motivated him. This information can be obtained only through a careful study of the events that played out during his lifetime and the ways in which they manifested themselves in his
The influence of surrealist art on society on the past centuries has been powerful, and artists like Salvador Dali contributed a lot to this form of art, in this research paper I piece together the career and life then by focusing on one of his remarkable artworks and trying to analyze it and how it affected the target audience of the culture and society and for all these topics which makes the main questions in my research paper I did a research to know more about them so that I can be able to link them together and understands how they affected the society.(1)
Have you ever heard the legend about La Llorona known as “The Weeping Women”?Do you hear that? Do you hear that crying noise? People say that if you hear her cry expect death! La Llorona is real, even though people say she is she is an urban legend. There has been sightings of her in many places.
The Mexican Artist Frida Kahlo is best known for her profound artwork and iconic likeness to the artist. She explores the ideas of gender, nationality, class, politics, etc. The emotional intensity and imaginative aspects of her artwork led many to label Frida as a surrealist. Although accepting this label, Frida distinguishly noted that her paintings are not of dream worlds, like other surrealists, but of her own reality. Frida Kahlo’s “The Broken Column” has influenced how I view myself and the world around me through its depiction of spiritual tranquility and physical anguish.
As I was looking through the never-ending list of artists on the PBS program “Art21,” there was only one name that really captured my attention. That name was Marela Zacarías. I think one of the main reasons as to why I was so intrigued to click on this artist was because her name sounded Spanish and being Hispanic has always been something I have been proud of. What made my choice even better was when I selected on Marela Zacarías’s name and began reading I found out she was Mexican just like me. At that point, there was no doubt I was going to do this assignment based off one of her artworks. When I began researching Zacarías and her art, I was hoping to love her work. Not only did I end up enjoying most of her art but ended up loving the piece called Mannahatta. Without a doubt, it became one of my favorite sculptures right away.
There are many eerie stories in the Mexican culture. I didn't grow up with a grandma, so I didn't really know that story, till a few years ago. Well this is a short version of the story, la Llorona was a gorgeous young lady, she got married and her husband didn't give her attention. Her children got all the attention, and she got very jealous, so she drowned her kids in a river. So, to this day people say they hear her cry at night "oh my children, where are my children".The young woman walks along the rivers crying to find her children, La Llorona woman". La Llorona has many similarities to the Medea. She is one of the most is known in the Spanish language. The English language she is known as "the weeping known ghost in Texas. There are many stories about la
Jose Domingo Ulloa was born in Chitre, Republic of Panama. Domingo lived from 1919-1997 and was known as “The Father of Chicano Art.” Domingo created this piece of art work in 1957. The painting was based upon real life events that happen day to day. It was one event that really stood out to Domingo which took place in 1957 in Little Rock, Arkansas.
The mural “La dualidad” has a strong connection to the history of our people. When the mural was completed in 1985 and it stood 16 feet tall and 46 feet wide. There is a tremendous amount of symbolism within the mural that depicts significant historical events and ideas from our past.The mural is divided into three parts, the left, right, and center. The left side is called “El Mundo de Tezcatlipoca” it represents the negative. The right side is “The world of Quetzalcoatl” it represents the positive. The Center is “Balance” it represents harmony. There are forty three images with specific meanings and history.
Fernando Botero is an internationally acclaimed figurative artist and sculptor. He is one of the most traded and recognized artists from Latin America. His art is exhibited in international museums worldwide and follows an art-style he spent years to perfect. Fernando Botero’s success began in Columbia; he then moved Barcelona, Madrid and finally Paris where he now spends most of his time. Botero’s beginner art was frequently criticized for “lacking its own identity” as it was influenced by the works of various renowned artists such as Diego Rivera, Pablo Picasso, Francisco Goya and Diego Velasquez. As a result, Botero developed his own, unique style known as “Boterismo” (Bertamini). However, Fernando Botero’s newly founded style was often
This book is about an artist both in Mexican history and a boy who compares the art to what art might look like in his society today. It shows progression from different time periods within the same culture.
I drew inspiration from the creative indigenous cultures and the drama of the scenery. I painted many impressionist works of art during our travels. On our journey back we traveled through Santa Fe. On this journey I made contact with the artist community within the Museum of Mexico.
To begin addressing this assignment first I must define what art is throughout the weeks I have been enrolled in “Art and Architecture of Latin America.” To me what I have come to interpret is that art doesn’t necessarily have to involve paper, pencil or paint. Art is something that receives public reaction or that it can relate to someone. For example, take the drawings of Diego Rivera. One of his most famous works named “History of Mexico from the Conquest to the Future” can be found in Fresco, National Palace, Mexico City relates to his people's lives. Why you may ask? Well if you look closely to his drawings it shows the history of Mexico since the conquest of the Spaniards to the revolutions that emerged throughout Spaniard rule up until
Bright colors jumping at you asking for attention, images so real viewers can not tell the difference. These are the thoughts that came to my head as I gazed at two works of art by two Mexican artists at MoLAA museum of art . I visited two museums, Bowers Museum of cultural Art in the heart of Southern California and the Museum of Latin American Art in Long Beach for my report unfortunately I only liked the works in MoLAA and will talk about it through out my paper. I will talk about two Mexican artists Rafael Cauduro and David Alfaro Siqueros that caught my eye, and made me want to learn more of them and their approach to art. Siqueiros caught my eye and interest because according to his biography “no
This image may interpret parts of Diego Revers past where he was apart of the Mexican Communist party in 1992 to 1999. He was beginning to form ties with mexico which the party disapproved of. He was able to explore his own passions and became well liked in the United States. The people who opposed his ideas asked for his art to be removed. He was a very popular artist but, also popular in those who disagreed with his views.