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Diego Rivera, 2007.
A discussion of the famous muralist and political activist, Diego Rivera.
1,882 words (approx. 7.5 pages), 9 sources, APA, $ 60.95
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This work discusses how public space planning can be used as a politically motivated and concerted effort on the part of those in power to reshape society by planning and reshaping its public spaces. The paper then presents a biographical and political discussion about Diego Rivera, exploring his life, his work and his mind as a public contributor to political and social thought through his art.
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Introduction
Politics of Public Planning
Diego Rivera the Politician
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"In an article discussing the connections between the famous muralist, and political activist Diego Rivera there is a statement about art that demonstrates both the depth of Rivera's involvement in the political and the controversies that surrounded him and his allies. The Mexican art movement of the 1920s-30s was a foundational backdrop to Rivera's political leanings, described later in this work by a contextual biographer of Rivera. It would seem contrary to say that if Rivera had not been so adamant a proponent of public art, many of his ideas and works would have been lost to the walls of private homes and indoor museums, but his activism was in fact rooted in his idea of public art as a tool of political and social revolution and therefore in his mind to be displayed for the world to see and the community to build from."
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Primitivism and Modernism in Diego Rivera, 2002.
An analysis of the life and works of artist Diego Rivera.
1,953 words (approx. 7.8 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 62.95
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This paper explains why Diego Rivera holds a unique and intriguing position within the history of art. It shows that because his nationality and his education, his cultural inheritance and his intellectual development, these place him on a perch between two widely differing paradigms of aesthetics and representation. The paper focuses on Diego Rivera?s 1917 composition, "Still Life with Bread and Fruit".
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"Rivera?s background and professional artistic training certainly place him in a Western European tradition that stretches from the Renaissance through the period of high modernism. Rivera came of age at a time when modernism itself was in full swing, and it certainly exacted a profound and direct influence on his work. In his early life, Rivera attended a painting school in Spain, traveled significantly throughout Europe, and briefly lived in Paris, where ?he was influenced by post-impressionism, mainly by Paul C?zanne?s art? (?Diego Rivera (1886?1957)?). Indeed, his palette was deeply affected by modernist works of the day, and he heavily employed many modernist techniques and methods during this apprenticeship period as he continued to develop his own style. Before he ultimately returned to Mexico, he even went to Italy to study renaissance painting more formally. His work during this period reflects representative modernist trends and ?shows study and analysis of neoimpressionism, C?zannism, Fauvism and Cubism? (?Biography: Diego Rivera?). While most people are most familiar with Diego Rivera?s mature corpus of works in which he experimented with mural forms that depicted scenes of Mexican peasantry and other traditional scenes, his early work is much more in the European modernist tradition of post-impressionism and cubism. We will briefly examine one such representative work."
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Diego Rivera, 2005.
This paper examines the life and achievements of Diego Rivera, a Mexican artist.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 4 sources, $ 26.95
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The paper discusses how Diego Rivera lived a highly political and artistic life in his murals. The paper explains that his greatest achievements in art are reflected through the Communism he so dearly believed in. The paper portrays how by painting scenes of historical value for the common working people, Rivera was a man who believed that greed and excess were an international problem. The paper stresses how in this manner, Diego Rivera lived a life of politics through artistic integrity and the genius of the mural medium.
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"This study will examine the life and artistic achievements of the Mexican muralist Diego Rivera. By understanding the foundations of Rivera's political life, one can realize the power of his murals to relate a strong cultural relativism of communistic philosophy in his mural works. By creating murals for the working people of Mexico, Rivera exemplified the artistic vision of a Mexican Communist Nationalism that has endured into the 21st century. This was the life Diego Rivera both politically and artistically defined through the medium he created for walls and large-scale mural painting. His early life reflected the middle class atmosphere of his rural home: "Diego Rivera was born December 8, 1886, in Guanajuato in Mexico, to Diego and Maria Barrientos Rivera.""
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Diego Rivera, 2003.
A discussion on Diego Rivera's works.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 39.95
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This paper examines Primitivist and Modernist elements in three paintings by Diego Rivera namely, "Allegory of California," "Flower Day," and "Still Life of Bread and Fruit." It also offers a definition of modernism.
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"It is probably true that all of us believe that we are modern Ramses, Socrates and Helen of Troy no doubt considered themselves modern in their time. This is no doubt one of the reasons that it can be so difficult to define exactly what Modernism is in art ..."
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An Interview with Diego Rivera, 2002.
An interview with Mexico's leading artist Diego Rivera.
1,010 words (approx. 4.0 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 35.95
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A summary of Diego Rivera's work and style, followed by an interview with the artist himself. The painter answers questions regarding his shifts in style, mural art in Mexican history, his atheism and his inspirations. It is apparent how his paintings emphasize the power of art as a medium to bring about social reforms.
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"Diego Rivera was one of the leading artists of the 20th century. He was born in 1886 in Leon, Guanajuato. He had an inherent talent for painting (arts), which was evident when he started to draw even as he was just 3 years old. He went on to become one of Mexico?s leading painters. In the early part of his career he was a traditional artist but later on, he was influenced by Cezanne and the Cubist approach to paintings. This is clearly reflected in his works such Zapatista Landscape, Woman at the well, etc. However it was Picasso who made a great influence upon him and Diego produced many of his works predominantly reflecting Cubical style, which gives more freedom for the artist. His artwork ?Sailor at lunch? is typical of Cubism."
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Modern Artists, 2005.
This paper discusses the lives and works of Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse and Diego Rivera, all masters but from different backgrounds and different training, who may have been influenced by one another.
2,520 words (approx. 10.1 pages), 9 sources, MLA, $ 76.95
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This paper explains that Spaniard Pablo Picasso was basically a painter who extended his art to sculptures in ceramic and bronze; in the early 1900s, he created the visual style of Cubism, which concentrated on the two dimensional surface of pictures and did not honor the old techniques of perspective, foreshortening, modeling and chiaroscuro. The author points out that Frenchman Henri Matisse's "Large Red Interior" (1948), a painting of his studio, is a dynamic painting with an excellent relationship between line and color and probably his last statement on his life as an easel painter. The paper relates that the art of Mexican muralist Diego Rivera reflects the Mexican Civil War and the struggles of World War I; in France for 14 years, Rivera studied the works of Matisse, Paul Gauguin and Paul Cezanne and similar artists.
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"Now let us look at the education of the three masters, and Picasso attended many art schools during his childhood as his father taught there. He did not finish his course at any college and left his course in less than a year from the Royal Academy of San Fernando in Madrid. Whereas Picasso was a Spaniard, Henri Matisse was born in France in 1869 at Cateau-Cambresis. His father was a seed merchant and Matisse did not get in touch with art in his early years. He decided to study law and gave up only when he was sick and took up arts as he had started painting during the period of his sickness. After changing colleges he finally enrolled at Ecole des Beaux. Even there he could not complete his course due to differences with the teachers."
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Artist Frida Kahlo, 2004.
This paper discusses the legendary Mexican artist, Frida Kahlo, sometimes called a surrealist painter, Communist, and inspiration for one of the greatest painters of the 20th century, Diego Rivera.
2,605 words (approx. 10.4 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 78.95
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This paper explains that Frida Kahlo?s physical suffering definitely stimulated her spiritual side as images came into her mind and then appeared in her paintings, similar to many physically handicapped artists, such as Toulouse-Lautrec. The author claims that the biography of Frida Kahlo, as written by Hayden Herrera, is perhaps one of the most interesting and complete stories about someone?s life that has ever been written. The paper contends that Kahlo is a type of traditional artist, called Mexicanism, which she embraced throughout her lifetime as a result of the Mexican Revolution of 1910 that resulted in a wave of nationalism throughout the country and prompted a new pride in traditional Mexican culture.
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Background Information: Biography and Reputation
Synopsis of Hayden Herrera?s "Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo"
Objective Critique
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"Frida Kahlo was born on the 6th of July 1907 in Ciudad de Mexico as the third daughter of William Kahlo and Matilda Calderon. Her complete name was Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo Calderon. Her life was struck by misery ever since the beginning: in 1913, when she was six years old, she contracted poliomyelitis and her right leg was affected, appearing much thinner than the other throughout her life. She entered high school at the National Preparatory School, where she soon turned out to be the leader of a prank-oriented group of rebel teenagers. It was here that she came in contact with her future husband and soul mate, Diego Rivera, perhaps the greatest Mexican muralist who, at that time, was commissioned to paint a mural in the school auditorium."
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Frida Kahlo, 1992.
The life and work of the 20th century Mexican painter and wife of the muralist Diego Rivera.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 2 sources, $ 47.95
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"Frida Kahlo's art reflects a compelling stoicism with respect to the suffering with which her life was filled. She was born in 1907, died in 1954, and during her life she experienced an incredible array of serious health problems, including polio at the age of six, which left her right leg weakened permanently; a streetcar accident at the age of eighteen which left her seriously injured; severe internal bleeding and re-hospitalization at the age of twenty-five; spinal surgery at the age of 39; hospitalization four years later for recurring spinal problems; the amputation of her right leg because of gangrene three years later; bronchial pneumonia the same year (1954), the year she died. These are only the most extreme physical problems; she suffered on a daily basis from various chronic pains associated with her accidents and diseases. In addition to her physical..."
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Miguel Primo de Rivera: The Effects of his Dictatorship, 2002.
Historical account of General Miguel Primo de Rivera's coup d'etat, the conditions under which he ruled Spain, and the consequences of his rule.
2,900 words (approx. 11.6 pages), 7 sources, $ 106.95
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On 13 September 1923, General Miguel Primo de Rivera launched a successful and bloodless coup d'etat, beginning seven years of dictatorship in Spain. Primo de Rivera was a maladroit politician filled with the fervor of Spanish patriotism thought sufficient to navigate his dictatorship through the murky waters of politics. This paper will argue that the regime was more of a developmental dictatorship than one based in the usual fundamentals of autocracy. It concerns itself instead with describing the political realities in which the Primo de Rivera dictatorship was based, before moving on to discuss the objectives and achievements of the regime. The paper concludes by suggesting ways in which the dictatorship may have influenced the cataclysmic developments that drew the nation into Civil War less than a decade after the collapse of the Primo de Rivera regime.
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"The Toilet of Venus" (1647-51) by Diego Velasquez, 2006.
This paper discusses the gender construction in the painting "The Toilet of Venus" ("The Rokeby Venus") (1647-51) by Diego Velasquez.
2,765 words (approx. 11.1 pages), 9 sources, APA, $ 82.95
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This paper explains that Diego Velazquez's "Toilet of Venus", popularly known as "The Rokeby Venus", created a great deal of controversy in the early 20th century. The author points out that, while the artist himself was inspired to create this artwork based on socially acceptable views of women at the time and while it could be featured today in any reputable museum without causing so much as a blink by even the most conservative audience, these perceptions tend to change over time. The paper relates that the gender construction developed by this work of art was deemed sufficiently exploitative that military female activists, known as suffragettes, targeted it for destruction because of its lurid portrayal of the nude female form and its suggestive qualities. The paper includes a picture of the painting and several long quotations, many of which are embedded in the text.
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Review and Discussion
Background and Overview.
Historical Setting and Social Transitions.
Treatment of Gender Construction in Valezquez's "The Rokeby Venus."
Figure 1. Velazquez, "The Rokeby Venus".
Conclusion
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"According to Bartley (2003), the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) was founded by Emmeline Pankhurst, her daughters and some friends to campaign for votes for women. ... The suffragettes as the WSPU members were called, engaged in a wide range of activities that targeted existing gender disparities, including chaining themselves to railings, writing "Votes for Women" with acid on golf courses that were all-male, disrupted the postal service, verbally and physically attacked members of parliament, put graffiti on government buildings and even church walls and broke windows as well as attacking specific works of art in public galleries and burnt down buildings."
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Diego Valasquez, 2002.
Analyzes the painting "Las Menina" by seventeeth century artist, Diego Velasquez.
650 words (approx. 2.6 pages), 3 sources, $ 26.95
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"Las Meninas" painted by Diego Velasquez in 1656 is a riddle embodied with the subject matter of the painting and by the artist himself.
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Diego-Tijuana Water Epidemic, 2002.
A study of the San Diego-Tijuana water epidemic.
1,340 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 45.95
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This environmental paper examines the San Diego-Tijuana water epidemic. The author presents the history and current factors involved in the problem: contamination and draught. It highlights the political issues involved in environmental city management for these Mexican and American border cities.
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"In recent decades the world has come to realize that the earth?s resources are not comprised of a bottomless pit. It has been acknowledged that there are resources that are threatening to run out or contaminate so that they can no longer be useful to mankind. One of the most important resources the world has is the water supply. "
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Industrial Climate of San Diego, 2001.
Growth of Southern California city. Composition of its economy; major industries; trends.
2,025 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 9 sources, $ 71.95
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"The last decade has been one of immense change. The face of industry has shifted yet again, this time in effort to accommodate a world that is digitizing, globalizing and of course, shrinking. The San Diego area in particular is in the midst of a sustained economic boom. Due largely- but not wholly- to the prosperity of the United States at large, San Diego has made the most of the technological revolution and has established itself as a haven for start-up tech firms and rapid development. Of course, the tried-and-true local industries that have long sustained San Diego do continue to create revenue in the region. Tourism, always a factor in San Diego, persists as an agent for the..."
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Diego Velazquez, 1993.
Examines the development of the 17th Century Spanish painter's style, major works, influences and themes.
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 6 sources, $ 55.95
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"Diego Rodriguez de Silva y Velazquez was born in Seville, Spain, in 1599, died in Madrid in 1660, and in between became the acknowledged master of Spanish baroque painting. It was not a posthumous honor: precociously gifted, he made his debut in the Royal Court of Spain two months shy of his 23rd birthday and travelled in such heady circles, accompanied by copious praise, until his death.
Velazquez' mastery has not been questioned since, either. Although modern art is fond of revisionism, this baroque painter's creations have been given credit for inspiring the light and color subtleties of Impressionism, often regarded as the founding movement of modern art. His character-oriented portraiture has continued to instill a creative spark in contemporary painters, notably Francis Bacon's 1960's screaming ..."
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Shopping Centers In San Diego, 1992.
Analyzes changes and problems, land acquisition, compared to other areas, innovations and funding.
2,475 words (approx. 9.9 pages), 7 sources, $ 87.95
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"The Hurdles Facing Shopping Center Development
Just in the last few years, shopping centers have suddenly stopped being the "favorite son" of investors. Today, there is a consensus not to invite them to family gatherings. The reason is investments in poorly planned shopping centers were a large part of the problems of the savings and loan companies. Like farmers who just found out their prize dairy cows are diseased, investors are still feeling the sting of betrayal.
But shopping centers do not have to continue earning the reputation of a bad investment, and this paper will examine the steps the real estate developer can take to see his shopping center through to completion. By looking at the land aquisition, development, construction, and responsibilities of ownership, we ..."
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