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Reference Maps My hometown is located in northern California and the southern part of Yolo County. Figures 2.0 to 2.3 show the geographic location of Davis, CA. The maps were created using the United States’ Census Bureau American Factfinder website. Figure 2.0 shows California and the location of Yolo County (). This map was created using the Reference Map feature tool on the American FactFinder main page. In the “Find a Location” tab on the subsequent page I chose “place name” under the “Find

Diego Rivera’s famous painting, The Flower Carrier, is immensely encoded with significant social and cultural messaging. Rivera paved a path for many artists to express powerful social ideas through the medium of art and forms. The Flower Carrier allowed immeasurable masses of people to change the way in which they interact with the world; it had the power to alter the spectator’s worldview by giving them truth through visual story telling. Examining this piece offers a clear lens into the socio-political

Las Meninas is a painting by Diego Velazquez created in 1656. Diego Velazquez is recognized as a leading Spanish Golden Age artist and the global attention enjoyed by this painting may be attributed to his status. It is the enigmatic and complex composition of the Las Meninas that raised a lot of questions in regards to its illusion and reality and gave rise to a debate about the uncertain relationships between the figures that were depicted in the painting and the viewer. Because of these artistic

Painter of all Painters “I would rather be the first painter of common things than second in higher art”, Diego Velázquez. A painter that could easily be described as the best to inhabit Europe. A painter so talented that the famous Pablo Picasso and Salvador Dali considered his works and influence. A painter who is considered “the painter’s painter” or “the painter of all painters.” Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez was an extraordinary artist of the Baroque period; his childhood, midlife, and

representing her Mexican background. She also holds a locket with a picture of Rivera. The picture also show her bleeding heart. The painting was purchased by the Natinal Institute of Fine Art in Mexico City in 1947 for about $1000. She divorced Diego Rivera, but they got remarried in 1940 and they both were in involved with other people. Her health issues became a problem in 1950, after she was diagnosed with gangrene in her foot, and part of her right leg was amputated in 1953. She became deeply

Robyn Muilenburg Frida Kahlo Culture Essay 09.26.2014 Frida Kahlo was born in Mexico 1907. She was a Mexican artist who painted from the 1920s until she died in 1954, she liked to paint herself the best, so she is most well known for that. Frida got into a car accident when she was young that left her injured. Her art reflects her pain, she was unable to walk properly and in pain throughout the rest of her life. She was super influenced by surrealism, she didn't like to have her art categorized

to describe the meaning and/or purpose of the painting. An example where Frida uses this element is “Portrait of Eva Frederick”3 (1931) where she identifies the subject of the portrait and herself as the painter. In the double portrait “Frieda and Diego Rivera”4 (1931), she uses the banderole to state that the portrait was painted “... for our friend Mr. Albert

Art in Architecture San Diego is very popular metropolis located in southern california on the west coast. Its recurring 70 degree weather and happy vibes make it an ideal place to live. San Diego also is home to and amazing skyline. My favorite building in San Diego is the fairly recently built Central Library located in the eastern part of downtown near Petco Park. Throughout the course of this paper I intend to inform the reader on what makes the Central Library unique and why it is a piece

The process of healing can be long and torturous; therefore, a person has to determine the best way of healing. Frida Kahlo was a painter, who used multiple moments in her life to influence her style of painting. She was disabled as a child after being diagnosed with polio. She was also crippled at the young age of 19 after a traffic accident and suffered permanent injuries. As a child, she learned that physical activity was a way to heal from an illness. However, this was not an option for her due

Frida Kahlo Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo was born on July 6, 1907, in Coyoacán, Mexico. Her childhood meant the begining of her many desaes , since she contracted poliomelitis which was just the start of the several medical problems she would have to deal with her whole life. When she was only 18 she suffered a terrible accident when the bus she was in was runned over by a train. She had to under go many cirguries as an aftermath of these accident (at least 32 through her life). Shortly before