Woman Grinding Maize

Both of these paintings show the love and desire to hold on to ones heritage and family traditions which is extremely important in Hispanic families. Both with vivid colors and images. In Kahlo’s “Self Portrait on the Border Line Between Mexico and the United States”, even though she is a Mexican woman living in a non-Mexican country, she is able to accept both sides and hold on to her own Mexican heritage and culture which it seems she preferred. In Garza’s “Camas Para Sueños”(Beds for Dreams), Garza is showing the love and closeness she had with her sister and how her mother allowed them to dream and reach after those dreams as they kept

A piece of art is not limited to a painting that captures a representation of imagery. Art is anything that stirs emotions in a person or makes them think, just like Marcel Duchamp accomplished in 1917 with one of his most famous pieces Fountain. Art can be anything that captures and represents the artists emotions, mental state, and personality with every brushstroke, and the usage of colors while also reflecting the mentality, thoughts, and major events that occur in a certain period, such as Picasso’s Guernica. To understand the message that the artist is trying to convey, one must look deeper than what is on the surface of the artwork, which is what I will do with this piece of art, scrutinizing its mysteries as well as its motives.

Her paintings represented “the cultural nationalism of [Mexico]” (Meadows). She had a strong artistic style in which she showed her Mexican patriotism and her communist ideals. In addition, she also made political statements on the U.S. and the industrialization.

He wanted to tell the story of each industry in the United State, its different divisions, and the specific distributions of labor. It was the social structure of the American working class, and Rivera wanted to capture all of it. He expressed himself so well and in a way that almost brought a sense of lightness to the demanding and tough work that came along with working in a factory. It's still rather fascinating to me, the process of trying to depict the meaning behind an artists’ piece of artwork. This paper has presented the history behind Diego Rivera’s famous mural paintings “Detroit Industry” and the influence it made on both Mexican and American artwork in the modern world. Rivera has been such an influential and inspirational artist, and in modern times that is sometimes hard to come by. I would definitely like to learn more about him and his wonderful artwork in the near

Diego Rivera was born on December 8, 1886, in Guanajuato, Mexico. At the age of three years Rivera began drawing on his walls at home and his parents saw this and instead of punishing him for drawing on the walls they nurtured his creativity. Rivera made art that portrayed the lives of working class Mexican people. Rivera’s passion for art began from a young age. Around 10 old years he went on to study art at the San Carlos Academy of Fine Arts in Mexico City where he received training modeled on conservative European academies. Later in his life he traveled to Europe to continue his art studies where he friended many famous artists such as Pablo Picasso. In Spain, Rivera studied the work of El Greco, Velazquez, Goya, and the Flemish masters

Not only have I seen Rivera’s painting but also another Mexican artist, for example; Jose Clemente Orozco and Frida Kahlo. I saw their paintings at the Museum of Art in San Diego. I cannot remember what pictures I have seen on that day last time I saw it. One of the things I realize is the way they represent their art. They express their past and their present, the rich culture of the Mexican history, the way they express their ideology and their political view of their time, and their surrealist dream in case of Frida Kahlo. One of the remarkable ways they express is by putting their expression on the wall also known as

Hispanic art, food, and entertainment all have a common theme; they are all fun, light-hearted, yet fulfilling and rich in cultural heritage. On one side, Mexican culture in particular loves to make fun of itself. There are many depictions in song and art of lazy Mexicans in large sombreros with thick mustaches eating burritos. On the other hand artists like Diego Rivera paint large murals depicting rich historical events like the revolution, in bold colors on controversial topics (This Old, n.d.).

He is known for painting art that reflects the lives of people and the environment. For example, he would paint the lives of the working class and natives that lived in Mexico. While in Italy, Diego then found a liking for painting murals which he brought back home to Mexico where the government funded him to create a series of murals. These murals reflected the country's people and it’s history.

Art has often been employed as a tool to evoke emotions, inspire ideologies, and spread messages.  Murals are one such form, possessing the propaganda-like ability of massive size and public placement to reach a wider audience with a more emphatic theme than other art mediums.  In the early twentieth century, a muralism movement led by famous artists swept Mexico, acting as a window into revolutionary life and an instrument for social change.  Through the juxtaposition of parallel murals, Diego Rivera highlights the stark lifestyle inequality gap between the capitalists and the campesinos still present during the era of Mexican Revolution in his 1928 pieces, “The Wall Street Banquet” and “Our Bread”.

The Famous Artist, Diego Rivera, was born December 8th, 1886. Rivera went to study art at the San Carlos Academy of Fine Arts in Mexico City. He began to study on painting at an early age in 1907 and moved to Europe. On his later free time for the past 14 years in Paris, Diego Rivera found the works of such great masters like Matisse, Gauguin, and Cezanne. Which inspired him to become an even better artist than he was before. While in europe he was hoping to find a new format of art, and one he could express and that can reach any audience. The main reason to how he found his inspiration was when he studied the renaissance frescoes of Italy. Rivera has also studied in Paris which meant he was learning different art

Through artistic expression, Rivera gives the Mexican people an outcry of concern. He pictures Cortes with a green face symbolizing the diseases brought to the New World by

Mural art showed a great importance to Chicano communities by showcasing indigenous history or even romanticized beliefs.That gathered people together to focus on topics inside and outside their communities. Made young Chicanos and Chicanas focus on issues around them and let's their creativity, explore out for the best and not bad. To let people become more entwined in the cities and not create violence. For neighboring cities or visitors to see how strong and creative young and old muralists are in their art. One example is the “we are not a Minority” mural created by Mario Torero created due to the chicano right movements,located in east la, boyle heights area. Its importance was due to the fact cities were banning mural work and instead

It is the patience to win.” Cesar E. Chavez In the art world the artwork that comes from the brilliant minds of Chicanos and Chicanas is more than just art. Its art with a cause that many of Chicanos can relate to because of the themes that are depicted throughout the art for viewers. Chicano art has a major theme that is being told by the artistic.

They say, “pictures are worth a thousand words” and I believe when it comes to my chosen artist, Frida Kahlo, her portraits could not be a better example of that saying. All of the 200 paintings done by Frida Kahlo say more about her life and what she experienced than any article I have ever read about her. From her health issues and violent bus accident to her tumultuous marriage with her husband, Diego Rivera is all an influence in her paintings.

She mostly painted self-portraits that depicted the sense of who she was. Kahlo’s The Two Fridas, an oil painting, is an excellent example of how Frida Kahlo struggled with self and cultural identity. The Two Fridas is a self-painting of a dual image of Kahlo, one in traditional Mexican garb and the other in European influenced fashion. Frida Kahlo, an European-influenced painter, painted many elements of Mexican culture including folkloric images and the Tehuana costume – which is depicted in The Two Fridas. She also wore the Tehuana herself to demonstrate the cultural independence of Mexico but also to help her identify with the poor and the peasants during the Mexican Revolution. Her artwork particularly speaks to women, especially women’s experiences of physical and emotional pain which is symbolized by the many broken hearts in her self-portraits, also shown in The Two Fridas. Kalho’s work successfully succeeds in illustrating her personality, life experiences, and national