Diego RivieraBy: Rebecca Dow
Who?Full name: Diego María de la Concepción Juan Nepomuceno Estanislao de la Rivera y Barrientos Acosta y Rodríguez, known as Diego Rivera
About: was a prominent Mexican painter and the husband of Frida Kahlo.
Diego Rivera was born in Guanajuato, Mexico to a well-to-do family.
Rivera began drawing at the age of three, He had been caught drawing on the walls. His parents, rather than punishing him, installed chalkboards and canvas on the walls.
"It was always the ambition if Diego riviera to express in plastic form the events, ideas and hopes if the Mexican revolution. In order to find a tool suitable for this expression, Diego had to experiment with the technique of fresco painting. This technique consists of painting directly on the wet mortar (mixture of lime and sand). So that the color penetrates and when it dries it fixes it."
Paintings and MuralsMany of rivieras paintings and murals are both bright and dull. There isn't much of a background. The brightest part of this painting is the pink and yellow. The man carrying the basket is also painter bright to make him stand out more, while the woman is painted in darker shades. The painting shows what possibly could be a Mexican slabs having to do their duty, being helped by another slave, and it shows how they were treated.
Compare and contrastMexico NewZealand
Mexico Similar New Zealand
Art is created on different medians for example: Ceramics, paper, stone
Similar techniques and tools e.g. Paint and paint brushes
Mainly done on canvas
Theme of festivals and days, e.g day of the dead,
Mexican revolution
Based around culture
Kiwiana themed
A lot of detail and meaning in the paintings Bright colors
Simple paintings with meanings of either Maori or
kiwiana.
Between Mexico and New Zealand
Compare and contrastMexico South Africa
Between Mexico and S!" Af#ca.
Mexico Similar South Africa
Art is created on different medians for example: Ceramics, paper, stone
Bright, ColorfulA lot of detail and different medias
Theme of festivals and days, e.g day of the dead,
Mexican revolution
Relate to their cultures
Created on "natural" canvases, and resources.
A lot of detail and meaning in the paintings
Similar techniques and painting styles.
More detail, and colors relating to the flag.
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