Agustín de Iturbide was a Mexican military leader who became the self-proclaimed emperor of Mexico in the early 19th century. While he is often credited with achieving Mexican independence from Spain, his reign as emperor was short-lived. While Iturbide is revered by some as a hero of Mexican independence, his legacy is marred by his self-interested actions and policies, which ultimately harmed the country and its people. Iturbide’s overall effect on Mexico was negative because even after declaring independence for Mexico, he operated a tyrannical monarchy, chased power for personal benefit, and greatly injured economic and social development within Mexico.
The early 1900s was a chaotic period in history, with many countries recovering from war, and the great depression was in its early stages after these wars. But for artists, these tough times brought in creative ideas and the development of new expressions. During the 1930s the space of mural art was booming with Mexican artists like Diego Rivera and David Alfaro Siqueiros. In this essay, I will compare and contrast the technical production of these two artists and explain how they shape the political and cultural landscape of their time through their visually captivating murals. With the technical production of these two artists, both are brilliant in their works but they do have some varied distinctions.
Diego Rivera fuses the stress of blue-collar workers and the beauty of colors to create a fresco piece that demonstrates America’s center of industry, Detroit. All of the details in the piece, Detroit Industry, have a purpose, down to the colors that are chosen. This artwork of his is admired by many and illustrates a strong message about the flow of the factories and the relationship between technology and manufacturing (Smith). Rivera’s life started out in the year of 1886, in Guanajuato City, located in Central Mexico.
1) The Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro belongs to murder and violence and does not belong to arts, and his expeditions prove that. 2) Francisco Pizarro who conquered the Inca was a violence supporter, and his aim was the wealth and power, as a result of that he was killed in a violence way by his people. That prove that every human being behind his favor. 3) Francisco Pizarro creates a new type of art, the art of invasion of the Inca Empire.
In the period that followed the revolution, Diego Rivera, David Alfaro Siqueiros, and Jose Clemente Orozco would become famous for presenting the history of Mexico, and of the three Rivera and Orozco would present their interpretation of Zapata, showing the symbolic strength of Zapata and the prevalence of his myth. Artists are as well as a proxy for the popular imagination since many ideas that they would express in their art would be what a section society. This reflects back on the manner in which many Mexicans during 1920 and 1930 being illiterate would come to understand their history and identity through their murals. Out of these artists, the one who would make Zapata into a hero would be Diego Rivera. The mural originally painted in the archway of the Palacio de Cortes in Cuernavaca includes the history of Morelos in which Zapata is present.
Mexico as a nation is relatively new, only gaining independence from Spain some 300 years ago. During this time of independence, Mexico had trouble getting on their feet and was a newly nationalized nation. In the book “A Glorious Defeat, Mexico and its War with the United States” by Timothy J. Henderson, the author, gives insight into the newly founded nation of Mexico, and how they came to be. Henderson also gives the reader an in-depth point of view from Mexico pertaining to the Mexican-American war, from how it led up to it and the events that happened during it. Being a newly founded nation, Mexico was strongly defined on expressing their own nationalistic values and ideas, most of which were passed on through the long history of Spanish
On the other hand, the Mexican Rev. eventually changed the country 's economic and social system in important ways. That 's how the French Revolution is different with the Mexican
In this paper, I will cover how Mexico came to be under the rule of the Spanish and how the Spanish conquered the Aztecs and took their land and why the Spanish wanted the land in the first place. The next subject that I will cover is the reasons that sparked the revolution after 300 years of Spanish rule, and the people who helped ignite the flags of rebellion. I will also cover the events that occurred during the revolution and the results of each event. Finally, I will state the conclusion of the revolution; who won, what happened after, and was the colony better off in the end. The Aztec Empire ruled Mexico, a once thriving and established civilization.
In between the late 1800’s and the 1940’s Mexico went through many changes, some peaceful and some violent. One of the violent changes in Mexico was under Porfirio Diaz and Francisco Madero. Madero ran against Diaz for the presidency, but when Madero got a lot of support Diaz arrested him. Madero went to Texas and made an army to take down Diaz. After Diaz was taken down he fled to Europe and Madero became president, but not for long.
Mexico and Cuba underwent major revolutions led by rebels who opposed their current presidents. The revolutionaries in both countries were mainly concerned with the industrialization and modernization that was occurring within their countries. The uprisings resulted in the countries shared beliefs against foreign imperialism, against elites having so much control on their counties and push for land reforms. In the long run Mexico faired better after their revolution than Cuba. Cuba still experiences hostile tensions with the U.S. today and still practices rationing.
Known for his defining role in the Mexican Mural Movement, Diego Rivera sought to create paintings that depicted the Mexican renaissance and socialist ideas of Mexican politics. After some time studying in Europe, Rivera was influenced by Italian renaissance artist Giotto to paint using fresco techniques (famsf.org). “Two Women and a Child” serves as an example of the theme he portrays in many of his paintings. While the fresco technique was predominantly used during the Italian renaissance, Rivera revitalized this ideal by including it in his painting of “Two Women and a Child”. Rivera’s use of techniques in Two Woman and a Child provide viewers with an understanding of the strength, pride, and perseverance Mexico had during the Mexican Renaissance.
The two Latin American countries that suffered severe political, economic, and social repercussions after the revolution was Mexico and Cuba. The Mexican revolution was defying authority and protesting the dictatorship of Porfirio Diaz due to the great injustices faced upon his rule over the country. On the other hand Cuba was dealing with Fulgencio Batista who was oppressing the country and committed many atrocities toward his people, although Fidel Castro was planning his downfall to seize power during the upcoming elections. Both countries had corrupt and tyrannical leaders that prevented the progression of the nation and failed to give the people a better lifestyle. The cause of a revolution for both countries impacted
In 1917 under the rule of Porfirio Diaz, a constitution called for the separation of church and state, meaning taking out religion in schools and education. It also included many regulations on religious worship. Monarchy became less catholic and more focused on going back to the native roots of an Aztec and Mayan monarchy, a supreme ruler. It was believed in the early 1920s that the church was “gripping” onto the peasants of the Mexicans and the government was aiming at reducing this hold over the people by secularizing the people such as secular views being taught in schools. This would lead to a restart of violence in Mexican lands specifically in the country.
Not only is art entertaining to admire, but it also serves as an accurate representation of social and cultural norms both currently and historically. Spain’s fostering of the three famous art galleries in Madrid, commonly referred to as the “Golden Triangle” can be compared to a cultural time machine, that I would love to
Introduction In this research, I am studying about the similarities and difference of interpretations between artists and non-artists towards street arts, graffiti and murals. I am studying about the interpretations on the three different forms of arts because I am eager to know how in the eyes of the artists who are majoring in these three types of arts see each one of them differently but then appear to be similar by the public (merely of passersby who are lack of interest and knowledge in arts). It is undeniably true that different people have different perspectives on everything. In arts, some say that the views and interpretations of artists and non-artists towards an artwork are different.
