Women In Colonial Mexico

Although artist from many races, and cultures utilize murals to speak their mind and represent the struggles of their communities, it is in fact the Chicano and Chicana artist who are the most attracted towards this medium. The reason for this is because many of these Chicanos/as find their inspiration from Los Tres Grandes (The Big Three). These are Diego Rivera, Jose Clemente Orozco and David Alfaro Siquieros; three of the most prominent male artist in Mexican history. Also, murals were an easy method of recording history and telling stories that were about the Chicano movement and the fair representation of this culture.

Imagine seeing the crucifiction of Christ. Seeing that happen would change everyone’s view of the world. Christ’s crucifiction affected many people, including His mother, Mary. Juan de Juanes, the artist, painted this scene realistically. This painting was made with oil paints on panel with long flowing strokes, which seemed to make it come to life. Juan de Juanes depicts many aspects in this painting such as historical significance, colors, and subject matter.

CLS- Aside from including herself into paintings, she mixes aspects of Mexican culture into her images and each figure has a symbolic meaning relating either to her life or husband.

At a first glance, one can tell the painting is about the Virgin Mary. She has long, wavy, hazelnut brown hair that reaches to her mid back. The focal point is the cloak draped over Virgin

Esther Hernández is a San Francisco based visual artist and graduate of UC Berkeley, best known for her depiction of Chicana and Latina women through pastels and prints. (Hernández). She has had numerous solo and group shows throughout the U.S. and internationally in many museums. Esther Hernández is from Dinuba, California and she was born in 1944. She grew up in what was known as the melting pot, watching Chicano farmworkers being harassed by local residents when they came to her hometown. Even though it was dangerous, her family would always greet them and their leader. Hernández learned more about the Chicano studies, and she was angry of how the Latina women were treated, so she turned to the art department at Grove Street College as a way to express her anger. Her work reflects political, social, ecological and spiritual themes.

Colonial Latin American society in the Seventeenth Century was undergoing a tremendous amount of changes. Society was transforming from a conquering phase into a colonizing phase. New institutions were forming and new people and ideas flooded into the new lands freshly claimed for the Spanish Empire. Two remarkable women, radically different from each other, who lived during this period of change are a lenses through which many of the new institutions and changes can be viewed. Sor Juana and Catalina de Erauso are exceptional women who in no way represent the norm but through their extraordinary tales and by discovering what makes them so extraordinary we can deduce what was the norm and how society functioned during this era of Colonial

People may refer to Frida Kahlo as the lady with the unibrow, but others refer to her as one the greatest Mexican painters. She was born on July 6, 1907 in Coyocoan Mexico. When she was about 6 she was diagnosed with polio which is a highly contagious viral infection that can lead to paralysis, breathing problems, or even death. (Crosta 1) Due to polio she was bedridden for 9 months. Frida attended the National Preparatory School where she first noticed Diego Rivera who is a famous muralist. At this time she fell in love with another man Alejandro Gomez Arias. She and Alejandro were on a trip when a monumental moment happened which will change her life forever…. (Frida Kahlo Biography 1)

Concerning color, there is a stark contrast between the figure on the painting and the background. More specifically, the figure of the woman is predominantly delineated in white color, especially pale, ashen white, as far her apparel and facial complexion are concerned, while there are also various hues of grey, with respect to her hair and accessory feather. These white and grey shades are vividly contrasted with the prevailing red and crimson hues of the background (viz. the drape, armchair, and table). Moreover, one can detect colors of dark green (jewelry), some beige on the left (pillar), and darker or lighter shades of blue on the right side of the canvas (sky), which all in concert and in addition to the subtle purple hue forming the sun or moon exude a certain dramatic sentiment. Also, there is brown, which often easily segues into gold (viz. books and attire details respectively). The main contrast of colors between white and red would be interpreted as serving the purpose of rendering the figure of the woman, and especially her face, the focal point of the work, despite, paradoxically enough, the lush red shades at the background. Bearing that in mind, the significance of the woman’s face will be enlarged upon later, when discussing aspects of her identity.

Combat during World War 1 was a strange mix of brutal combat and boredom. WWI is mostly known for its trench warfare. Soldiers would dig trenches in the ground and fight from there. Trench warfare was extremely boring, and sometimes, the soldiers would act like they aren’t fighting a war at all. The movie, Gallipoli, showed men skinny dipping on a beach with the fighting taking place nearby. The movie showed men hanging out in the trenches, and some of them were even sleeping in small holes in the trenches. The area between opposing trenches was known as no-man’s land. Traversing this landscape was extremely dangerous and fatal. There was no cover, and the area was a kill zone with all the machine guns and enemy troops in the opposing trenches.

1. Frida Kahlo is one not only Mexico's most iconic artists, but one of the world's most iconic artists as well. She was born on July 6, 1907 in Coyocoan Mexico City, Mexico. Her father was of German descent and migrated to Mexico where he met her mother, who was half Spanish and half AmerIndian. She also had three sisters. Frida was always very close to her father, and was very proud of her Mexican heritage. During her childhood, she contracted a disease called Polio. She was very ill and had to stay in bed for a whole 9 months. The disease caused her right leg to become much skinnier and weaker than the left one. She had a permanent limp because of it and always wore long skirts to hide it. She met her future husband, Diego Rivera, when she was in preparatory school. One day in 1922, she was on a Bus and got in a horrific accident. She was severely injured, as a steel rail impaled her through the hip. During her period of recovery is when she began to paint her famous self-portraits. Frida and Diego reconnected in 1928 and them married in 1929. Their marriage, however, wasn't a healthy one. Diego cheated on Frida many times and they lived in separate houses. Frida, given her condition was always very depressed. She sadly passed away in 1954. Her death was reported to be caused by a pulmonary embolism, but many suspect her death may not have been accidental.

One of my most favorite artists is the Mexican painter, Frida Kahlo. She was born Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo y Calderon in Coyoacan, Mexico, July 6, 1907 and died July 13, 1954. She was one of four daughters born to a Hungarian-Jewish father and a mother of Spanish and Mexican Indian descent. Frida Kahlo is the most famous Mexican woman artist on the contemporary art scene. In 1922, Kahlo hung out with a group of politically and intellectually like-minded students. The Mexican mural movement begins. Frida first learns of Diego Rivera, who is painting his mural "Creation" at the school 's lecture hall. Kahlo becoming a painter, was not a part of Frida 's career goals. Her goal in life was to become a doctor but a tragic accident at age 18 left her mentally and physically scared for life. It changed the course of her life forever. It was during her months of convalescence that Frida began to take painting seriously…"to combat the boredom and pain". she said. "I felt I still had enough energy to do something other than studying to become a doctor. Without giving it any particular thought, I started painting." It was the beginning of a life-long career for Frida.

The presentation is a collection by acknowledged Mexican photographer and photography historian Pablo Ortiz Monasterio, who shows us the importance of Frida’s life of her art. Frida Kahlo had a special relationship with photography. Besides her background, both her father and grandmother were professional photographers. This exhibition shows a variety of images that belonged to her personally and which were in the unknown. The display does not intend to portray a chronological biography, but rather to show parts of her personal history as being an artist, her country, and of a

Frida Kahlo is a world-renowned Mexican painter known for her shocking self-portaits filled with painful imagery. Her artwork was seen by many as surrealist and socialist, but she refused the labels put on herself. Until today, her works have been able to exude the same playful and wild feel as before (Fisher n.p). Her legacy as a painter has attracted prominent people like Madonna who has confessed her admiration for the painter. Not only that but fashion designers are frequently inspired by her iconic Tijuana dresses while her paintings have been priced at more than three million dollars (Bauer 115).

The Imbalance of Appearance and Reality in Macbeth “There are forces in life working for you and against you. One must distinguish the beneficial forces from the malevolent ones and choose correctly between them” -Abdul Kalam. As one may observe, it is revealed that in classic literature as well as modern time, duplicity is an act that one must decide what is appearance and what the appearance is in reality. In the classic battle of Macbeth, it becomes apparent that when characters make inconsistent decisions they fatally affect themselves or other characters in the play. This tragic play demonstrates that once one is consumed by evil, countries of people loose their ability to express the difference between good and evil, fair and foul,

This essay will consider the importance of effective teaching practice in schools when working with cultural and linguistic diversity. Initially this essay will draw together pedagogical foundations to show the importance for understanding how and why diversity is an issue that needs both personal and professional reflection. Examples of effective practice in three schools will be considered, Clover Park School, Richmond Road School and Finlayson Park School. Creating a learning environment that caters for diversity at Clover Park School involved using inquiry to restructure school values and beliefs to create a new more relevant school mission statement; this is the first effective practice to draw focus.