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The Mural Art of Diego Rivera

The Mural Art of Diego Rivera. On your hand out…. In the TOP BOX of today’s hand out, please DRAW WHAT ANIMAL YOU THINK BEST REPRESENTS YOU. Symbolism. What are symbols? Why do people use symbols? Can you come up with examples?

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The Mural Art of Diego Rivera

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  1. The Mural Art of Diego Rivera

  2. On your hand out… • In the TOP BOX of today’s hand out, please DRAW WHAT ANIMAL YOU THINK BEST REPRESENTS YOU.

  3. Symbolism • What are symbols? • Why do people use symbols? • Can you come up with examples? • How would you design a personal symbol to represent you, your family, or your community? • How and why do artists use symbols?

  4. Murals have been around a long time!

  5. From the Dictatorship of Porfirio Diaz to the Revolution—The Revolutionaries by David Alafaro Siqueiros Where do you see symbols?

  6. Good morning! • Look at the mural on the right, pick 3 SYMBOLS you see inthe image and describe what you think they mean.

  7. Diego Rivera Timeline • In your group at your table use the resources provided to create a time line of Diego Rivera’s life. Your timeline should [and check it off when done!]: • Have his birthday and date of death • Have THREE important events from his EARLY life • Have THREE important events from the MIDDLE years of his life  • Have THREE important events from the LATER years of his life  • Have FOUR of his major artworks dated and named with a picture   • Be colorful, decorative and NEAT!

  8. Good morning students! • Think about all you learned about Diego Rivera yesterday, what is the most important fact you learned?

  9. Diego’s Contemporaries • Contemporaries: someone who works with or at the same time as someone else • José Clemente Orozco • David Alfaro Siquerios

  10. Add to your time line… • Pick one of Diego’s contemporaries and add the following to your time line. • Their name and picture. • Birth and death date. • FOUR important facts from their life. • TWO of their artworks. • THINK ABOUT HOW THEIR LIFE IS SIMILAR TO DIEGO RIVERA!

  11. Good morning students! Based off the information we talked about yesterday, who do you think was the most important contemporary of Diego Rivera and why?

  12. Diego Rivera’s Man, Controller of the Universe

  13. Good morning students! • Please complete the worksheet you were given as you walked in. Thanks!

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