Madhu Vishnu Sankar Reddy RamiReddy
Ms. Mendola
English 10
9 January 2017
Rivera Court
“To be an artist, one must . . . never shirk from the truth as he understands it, never withdraw from life,” said Diego Rivera, a Mexican muralist. He followed his own words by creating the Rivera Court. Consisting of twenty seven panels and taking eleven months to complete, the Rivera Court, currently held in the DIA, is arguably the best Mexican mural in the United States. Throughout his life, all his works had a deeper and more important meaning. In fact, his paintings were thought to be capable of telling stories. The Rivera Court, by Diego Rivera attempted to protest the harsh conditions of Detroit’s auto industry. As a result of the development of self-powered automobiles and the American Interstate Highway System, the auto industry in Detroit was booming in 1932. In fact, majority of the jobs were in the manufacturing sector.
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He portrays this in the Rivera Court through several fascinating aspects. Firstly, the mural itself was only a drawing on plaster. Later, he used a technique called fresco, which lets the paint penetrate the plaster and become fixed as it dries (“DIA”). This is similar to the way he wanted this message to be fixated in the minds of the people. In addition, two of the main panels of the Rivera Court are on the North and South walls. These depict laborers working at Ford Motor Company's River Rouge Plant. The workers are shown to be working together on a strenuous act. Also, on the upper left-hand side of the North wall, there are a group of worker whose “skin is eerie green” (“DIA”). This shows that he believes that the auto industry is tough and laborious and has unsafe working conditions.. He attempts to point out the dark and the unsafe side of the auto industry. Diego Rivera portrayed what he thought was true without
There are many things in life that can help get a point across, but nothing can quite compare to the way art does. Art can display so many emotions, stories, and an overall feelings with nothing but a simple picture. George Lopez discusses art and how it imitates real life. This statement can sometimes be true, to a certain extent. Through art, there are so many expressions and feelings to be heard. Art can say a lot without saying anything at all. Typically, art likes to lean toward an extreme for every genre. Like discussed in the documentary “George Lopez: Brown is the New Green”, George Lopez brings up the point that he believes the establishment should change its marketing technique toward Latinos, so that it has a more of a realistic
We made our way through the animal exhibits, which is wonderful, but what really caught my eye was the Diego Rivera Lithograph Boy and Dog it was done in 1932, Rivera Native American style resonates with me. The shading and shadow blend seamlessly Boy and Dog is playful and joyful which harkens back to a simpler time. In addition to the Rivera’s Lithograph is the Rivera Court the Fresco is amazing and captivating I didn’t want to leave and spent most of my time. The Fresco was a “tribute to cities manufacturing base and labor force of the 1930’s; Rivera completed the twenty seven panel work in eleven months.”It is considere...
Another aspect that had a huge impact on the society of Detroit was Art. Detroit became the center for the arts. Detroit became the place where artist wanted to be. When the Artist integrated into the society Detroit art became an important aspect to what a community looked like. It showed in the Architecture of the buildings; like the Fox Theatre, Masonic Temple Theatre, Detroit Opera House. It brought famous Architects like frank lloyd Wright, who wanted to come and design buildings in Detroit. As the population grow it brought in Artist like Diego Rivera, who painted murals on the walls in detroit. These murals depict what the culture was like at that time. Many other artist came and painted murals in Detroit. These Artist and architects had a big impact on the culture in Detroit.
The United States was also in the process of industrialization. Industries were built and electricity was the new form of power. Electric lights became available and the first movies were made. "By 1916, 21,000 movie houses were testimony of a new industry" (Hacker and Zahler 99). Automobiles became prevalent and that caused the need for roads to be built: "The early growth of the automobile industry wakened a new and much stronger demand for surfaced roads" (Hacker and Zahler 101). Henry Ford was a major contributor in propelling the automobile industry. He improved the assembly line and mass production of parts. "By 1914, the automobile industry had developed such characteristic features as standardization of parts, minute subdivision and mechanization of labor, and even the assembly line in manufacturing" (Hacker and Zahler 100). The United States experienced great social and industrial change on a national scale as well as international scale.
As early as the 1870’s, the American public started putting all their work and effort into the growth and development of only a few industries like the Automobile industry. The
The solution is the assembly line. With the assembly line, the time to create one car dropped from 12 hours to 90 minutes. The price of the automobile also fell greatly, which further increased the demand. The automobile industry inspired other industries to form, such as the steel, rubber, petroleum, machine tools, and road building industries. But life wasn't just peaches and cream in the 1920's.
Diego Rivera was deemed the finest Mexican painter of the twentieth century; he had a huge influence in art worldwide. Rivera wanted to form his own painting fashion. Although he encountered the works of great masters like Gauguin, Renoir, and Matisse, he was still in search of a new form of painting to call his own (Tibol, 1983). His desire was to be capable of reaching a wide audience and express the difficulties of his generation at the same time, and that is exactly what h...
As can be seen throughout history, art is a powerful expressive model that has the capacity to instruct and construct social change within a community. The art born out of the Chicano Movement of the 1960’s is a perfect example of this phenomenon. In response to the struggle for civil rights for Mexican-Americans immigrants, Chicanos and Chicanas created an art aesthetic that embodied the activist spirit of the movement. As Alicia Gaspar de Alba once stated, “the Chicano art movement functioned as the aesthetic representation of the political, historical, cultural and linguistic issues that constituted the agenda of the Chicano civil rights movement.” By taking an activist approach to challenge the stereotypes, economic inequality and xenophobic shortcomings of the dominant mainstream and by promoting awareness of history, culture and community the visual art of the Chicano Movement served as a political tool to enact social change for Mexican-American Immigrants of all generations.
Throughout the years there has been limitless legal cases presented to the court systems. All cases are not the same. Some cases vary from decisions that are made by a single judge, while other cases decisions are made by a jury. As cases are presented they typically start off as disputes, misunderstandings, or failure to comply among other things. It is possible to settle some cases outside of the courts, but that does require understanding and cooperation by all parties involved. However, for those that are not so willing to settle out of court, they eventually visit the court system. The court system is not in existence to cause humiliation for anyone, but more so to offer a helping hand from a legal prospective. At the same time, the legal system is not to be abuse. or misused either.
As a young child, Luis Valdez was raised in the agricultural labor camps where his parents worked in the fields picking seasonal crops. Due to the lack of his parents long working hours, little pay, he chose to use theater as a path for him to brighten up the Latino experience in the film industry. Without him, there would be no modern Chicano theater as we can see in today’s society. Though Valdez spent most of his childhood traveling from place to place with his parents, he managed to be known as the pioneer in the Chicano theater. Even there are many obstacles that he faced in the early stage of life, he managed to accomplish what others might not capable of. As a young boy, he lacked in education because his parents were moving from place
Another form of expression and bringing awareness was through the way of art. The style of art and representation solely raised from the Chicano movement. Murals played a big part in the activism and progression people wanted to see. Most, if not all murals represented native Mexicans and their struggles of being oppressed. All murals told a story whether it was Mexico’s poverty or the farming industry. Many popular symbols and images were used again in the Chica...
For example, the soldier and horse at the far right are about the same height as one another. While Rivera could have made the soldiers a lot taller than the horses to signify their importance, he opts to make scale them realistically. Furthermore, Rivera also proportions the soldiers’ bodies realistically, adding to the visual appeal. For instance, the soldiers’ heads are not significantly larger than their bodies from what we would expect, or vice versa. Overall, Rivera uses a variety of elements to bring attention to the focal point of his painting while maintain visual
The 1920s exploded with fast paced and lively creativity and culture that influence the world, yet no invention affected American everyday life in the 20th century more than the automobile. The rapidly growing automobile industry led by Henry Ford and the Ford Motor Increased wages and lower cost vehicles made possible through mass production meant that cars became increasingly affordable, although 3 out of 4 cars were bought on installment plans. Company produced new and better models every year to supply the insatiable public demand( http://www.1920-30.com). With, automobiles it made it easier for people to go place to place, it also was affordable for the people to buy. The automobiles were easy to make because of the assembly line in that
The history of the automobile begins with the technological advances that occurred in the USA with Henry Ford’s Model T. Since then, the automobile market has had its ups and downs, but it has no doubt flourished into an industry that is the cornerstone of many economies. The world economic collapse due to the Great Depression caused consolidation in the manufacturing market. However, after World War II, an expanding highway network fueled by economic growth as well as television advertising spurred sales for car companies in many countries. The globalization of the industry accelerated during the late 1990 's due to the establishment of overseas plants and the merging of large multinational corporations.
Though the industry began with hundreds of manufacturers, but by the end of 1920s it was dominated by three large companies namely General motors, Ford and Chrysler. By 1950 The U.S produced almost three quarters of all automobiles in the world.