The Arts

The Arts — page 7 — S T Murals of Mexico KNOW of Rockefeller Center New York City's communist leader Vadimir L Lenin featured That mural Rivera later painted in Mexico City received a government scholarship to study art at When he was only 10 years old Diego Rivera DID Yi the Academy of San Carlos in Mexico City This The own would be the beginning of a brilliant art career ter in Later Rivera studied in Spain and in 1909 oral there been stored Rivera he moved to Paris There he became friends with important painters such as Pablo Picasso millions in seard now be a and Georges Braque While in France Rivera a co began using simple forms and bold colors in his painting Rivera returned to Mexico in 1921 after meeting fellow Mexican painter David Alfaro Siqueiros The two shared a goal They decided to create a new uniquely Mexican kind of art based on revolutionary themes They wanted this art to decorate public buildings so they decided to paint murals Murals are paintings done on walls either inside or outside of buildings Rivera painted his first important mural Creation for the National Preparatory School in Mexico City 10

The Arts — page 8 — DIEGO RIVERA Like many of Rivera's murals this one focuses on the life of the common people The mural called Pan American Unity is painted on a wall at City College of San Francisco rights reserved unauthorized public performance broadcasting transmission or copying mechanical or electronic is a violation of applicable laws City College San Francisco Which of the following qualities applies to Rivera's work a bold colors b quiet pictures Rivera's many murals in his home country celebrated c pale colors Mexican history and life His paintings featured native Indians Spanish conquistadores Mexican peasants factory workers and famous philosophers politicians and other public figures He liked to show how farming industry and culture were all connected in people's lives His human figures had a flattened appearance and were outlined to emphasize their shape His works were brightly colored and crowded with figures which made his huge murals seem even larger Rivera was in the United States from 1930 to 1934 There he painted murals for the California School of Fine Arts in San Francisco the Detroit Institute of Arts and Rockefeller Center in New York City Rivera's wife Frida Kahlo was also an important painter LEARN MORE READ THESE ARTICLES HIROSHIGE PAINTING CARLO SANTANA 11 sood poq easury

The Arts — page 9 — DN DID YOU KNOW TO Mount Rushmore National Memorial in South Dakota is a huge hillside carving by Gutzon Borglum of the faces of four U S presidents I those presidents whole bodies were carved too they d stand over 450 feet tall Abraham Lincoln's nose by itself is 21 feet lon MIAMIAM NUHLM TITLE tates MI

The Arts — page 10 — S C U LP T U RE SCHO The 3 D Art Fill in the blanks culpture is a three dimensional visual art Paintings drawings Sculpture is and photographs are all two dimensional or flat Sculptures are different from painting because most often shaped by carving molding or welding materials while a painting is Some are formed by making a cast that a sculpture is by pouring a liquid in a mold and letting it harden Sculpture like other arts is often made to express thoughts or feelings People who look at it might respond with thoughts or feelings of their own Because it can have shape and texture sculpture may appeal to our sense of touch Some sculptures are realistic Until the middle of the 20th century most sculpture was meant to look like some person or thing The giant stone faces on Easter Island like much traditional sculpture set up may have been meant to honor gods or heroes Other Donatello of Italian military figure famous realistic sculptures include Michelangelo's David and Auguste Rodin's The Thinker Some modern sculptures may be abstract This means they only hint at an object or an idea They may not look like people or things you would recognize These sculptures try to communicate a pure feeling or idea Sculptures come in all sizes shapes textures and materials Sculptors may use soft materials such as clay wax or wood or harder materials such as stone or metal Sometimes the materials aren't even meant to last One artist makes sculptures out of milk The modern sculptor Alexander Calder made sculptures that hang in the air He called these mobiles which means moving things Another modern sculptor named Christo makes sculptures by wrapping such things as bridges buildings and even small islands in fabric and plastic Classical bronze by Gatamelata D Elio Cial Corbis LEARN MORE READ THESE ARTICLES ARCHITECTURE PAINTING AUGUSTE RODIN Modern sculpture such as Claes Oldenberg's Clothespin in Philadelphia Pennsylvania U S often places common objects in unusual situations to make us see and think about them differently O Robert Holmes Cortis 13 TRIOSUILupa s and e HJ s Supuged е ау аasneaq Sugued way auaap aunmadanas samsuy

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