Essay on Diego Rivera

In my opinion, his creation of pointillism is outstanding. I am amazed at how the dots somehow create an undeniable texture. It looks as if Georges Seurat captured a fuzzy picture of the scene he was inspired

He’s done almost all our art work for our band, Casaveda--the album cover, T-shirt and stickers,” Baskt said. “He is always willing to help, super passionate about every piece and every person he works with.”

People who can create art straight from their minds has always amazed me, and Wayne Thiebaud is one of those people. Thiebaud’s art was bright and was mostly created in the pop art era, which made people assume that pop art was his label. Thiebaud does not classify himself as a part of the pop art movement. He has his own kind of style which makes him so different from other artists. His art is so simple but simplistic at the same time and that makes his work captivating. Being able to find what you are interested in at such a young age is special and Thiebaud was able to do that. Even after years and years of painting and creating art, he still picks at his work and wants to do better and that shows his

Andy Goldsworthy (Rivers and Tides) he is a very unique artist to start with, he uses medium in his art works that is found within its surroundings and turn it into a work of art. He likes to be always connected with nature, he loves the sea and river in connection with time as his concept. His work are in the patterns of snake like or river like shapes and an egg shape pattern. I like his work because it makes me feel at peace with nature which gives me a relaxing effect especially with the sound of water as a background while watching the art work.

The Mexican muralist I have chosen is Diego Rivera. I have chosen him because I think his works are some of the more interesting ones from this time. He stands out as a muralist who bravely painted the social and political scenes of his country. He portrays these to the public in order to educate the poor and the illiterate to the reality of the times they were living in. In this essay I will discuss Rivera’s career, and compare and contrast three of his murals in the context of the Mexican muralist movement.

Born in Medellin, Spain, he was a Spanish Conquistador who conquered most of Central America. He also gave Spain three-hundred years of control over Mexico. Cortez started exploring in the early 1500’s. He explored to find riches and conquered by being observant of the natives. With a small army, he conquered the Aztec Empire. Cortez went to the university in Salamanca, Spain. He attended the university to study Latin and Law. Unfortunately, Cortez completed only two years of school. He returned to his family in Medellin, Spain. However, life became boring for him. Nevertheless, Christopher Columbus inspired Cortez to explore the New World. Finally, Cortez was able to

As Pablo Picasso once said, “Painting is a blind man’s profession. He paints not what he sees, but what he feels, what he tells himself about what he has seen.” Picasso’s passion for art started at a young age, getting his passion for art from his father. Pablo Picasso is known for the innovative techniques he introduced to the art world. Each being influenced from his life around him, to modifications in the colors he utilized, or transitioning to an unorthodox style of painting, and even practicing printmaking.

What I really like about her is for example in this two memorials she develops this architectural structures which are so simple but have a great amount of meaning such as the rounded table, while you go around the table you come to understand why equality is so important and the importance of this movement. For example in the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, there are two black granite walls, but the significance of it is that she wrote in a chronological order the people who died in this war; you as a watcher you get touched and sad because many innocent people were dying because a political decision that was taken place by a series of events done by the government. I enjoyed watching this video, because I was never interested in architectural sculptures and memorials, and at the end of the video I fond it very interesting. She makes these well-developed sculptures that are incredible to notify the amount of detail they have producing a great focal point and balance in each of her pieces. She makes her artwork very satisfying to watch and being a part of it; because you do not see this dramatic impact or something out of the regular you see something regular an object. An object that inspires you peace you can connect to her pieces of art, because just by touching it or looking at it you understand the message of the piece. I also really love the way she uses natural essences to connect with the person and planet

Well known Diego Rivera, has recently finished his latest mural that has been in progress for since 1921. Covering over one thousand square feet and stretching twelve feet high, It sits in San Ildefonso college in Mexico City. This is Rivera's very first government commissioned mural. Rivera used an encaustic medium meaning, different pigments were suspended in molten wax. A complex technique that was started by the Egyptians.

Mexican artists, more than most other artists in the Americas, exemplify the political and social obligations of artists. According to Soltes (2011), several Mexican artists of the early twentieth century were inspired by the revolutions and political unrest occurring in Mexico, which was reflected in their work. Diego Rivera (1886-1957) considered one of Mexico’s Renaissance artists, influenced by European avant-garde style, painted Zapatista Landscape (1915). This work was done as Rivera’s tribute to the Mexican revolutionary “Emiliano Zapata who had played a key role in the 1910 Mexican Revolution that had overthrown the then President Porfirio Diaz” (Soltes, L43, 4:42). Soltes (2011) describes this work: “very clearly we see a rifle; we see it's a sarape, together with a very stylized backdrop of water, mountains and sky, punctuated by a work that seems largely to emulate the synthetic cubist style of Picasso and Braque that we've earlier discussed. One has the allusion indeed, that we are looking at a collage of geometric forms made of diverse materials imposed against that background of vague sea and sky”(L43, 4:13).

One artist that never fails to inspire me is Leonid Afremov. Afremov is still alive today and continues to create amazing works of art. He makes sure to put his whole heart into his work and the way he does this with his distinctive style stands out to me the most. Even when facing kidney damage and oppression, never once did he decide to quit his dream.

Diego Rivera held themes of: social inequality; industry; technology; history; and the relationship of nature of Mexico. It started when Diego Rivera, a Mexican painter and muralist, became interested in painting at such a young age. His parents designated a room for him to pain murals on the walls. Growing up he attended art classes after school in Mexico and continued art classes in Europe. He studied in the Academy of San Carlos and in Jose Guadalupe Posada’s workshop. He dedicated himself to studying traditional European artistic styles and combined with the influence of Mexican folk artist Posada, his distinct Mexican style of art blossomed. Diego Rivera also became interested in the paintings of artists from the Renaissance era. Rivera was later offered his first exhibition at San Carlos Academy and was very successful that he was able to afford to return to Europe.

His early paintings had an unconventional, unique, and unfinished look about them. The images were known to everyone in everyday life.

His painting was detailedly realistic depictions and natural light. He often painted with many religious subjects and portrait artworks.

Every artist has his or her own style of painting. Each painting tells some sort of story or has some type of personal meaning to the artist. One of the most important figures in modern art is Pablo Picasso. Not only was Pablo Picasso a genius in the field of abstract art, but he also experimented with sculpting and ceramics. Pablo Picasso has taken the world to many places with his unique style of work which is why I believe he is considered to be a genius of the 20th century.