Hamil Humanities Rivera
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 1920's and 1930's | What were the decade(s) of the Mexican Mural Renaissance |
| 1907-1921 | In what years was Diego Rivera in Europe to study |
| Vasconcelos | Minister of Education under Obregon who hired Rivera to paint murals for the government. |
| Siqueiros and Orozco | Last names of the other so called "big three" of the Mexican Muralists |
| Tejuantepec | Region of Mexico visited by Rivera that opened his eyes to the lush life and culture of Mexico and the strength of its artistic heritage |
| True Fresco | Art form Rivera learned by studying in the churches and palaces of the Italian Renaissance |
| Pre-Columbian | The term given to art and culture of Central and Latin America. This art form and cultural heritage were celebrated in Rivera's work |
| Posada | The commercial artist who died in relative obscurity, but his illustrations were broadly popularized in newspapers and magazines. Rivera admired him and his work and incorporated it into his own |
| Zapata and Pancho Villa | Leaders of the Mexican revolution who's images appear in Rivera's work depicted as heroes |
| Chapingo | Name of the chapel at the agricultural school where Rivera painted (according to the film) "Nature and Revolution" and a "New faith" in the new social order |
| To Rivera it was a public art form accessible to and created for the people | Why murals (according to the film) |
| National Palace in Mexico City | On the walls of this Mexican government building, Rivera painted the History of Mexico from its Aztec Heritage to the 1930's |
| Edsel Ford | Rivera's Detroit Institute of Arts Mural depicts the River Rouge Ford plant and was commissioned by |
| Lenin | The Rockefeller Center (NYC) Mural was commissioned by Norman Rockefeller, but was destroyed because Rivera insisted on including this person's face |
| The Palace of Fine Arts in Mexico City | Rivera later recreated the destroyed Rockefeller Center Mural where |
| Dream of a Sunday Afternoon in Alameda Park | In this mural, painted later in Rivera's life, he paints himself as a curious child holding death's hand in alliance with Posada |
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