Heyy... look at Nico... he just asked to go to the restroom. [^^]
Okay, back to what I was saying.
They have links to the art pieces on the Outline... I'll list 'em here for ya eventually, but here's the first one:
Diego M. Rivera: Detroit Industry, South Wall. It's a fresco. The site is pretty cool... you scroll over the painting and it zooms in for ya! I'm amusing myself with it currently... (Can you tell how bored I am?)
Hey, Detroit Industry is apparently a huge room... and there's also a North, East, and West wall, all done by Diego Rivera! Waddaya know! So, now to find out what the heck the Detroit Industry is...
Okay, from Wikipedia:
It is apparently a fresco of 27 panels by Rivera, considered his greatest work. It depicts the Ford Motor Company... the North and South walls feature inventions by Ford, although inventions of other natures are depicted... the point is that all actions and ideas are one. Rivera was a Marxist; critics marked this work as propaganda [when is art not propaganda? Well, except for dadaism... but even that's propaganda of a sort]... called it "vulgar", "un-American", and "blasphemy".Ms. Schulz is mad at the people who keep talking. "I'm just going to start taking points off. Ten percent every time." Oh well, sucks for them.
As usual, NPR has done a great article on the Detroit Industry Murals by Diego Rivera. Here's the link, and I guess I'll include a few highlights here:
Rivera, a Mexian muralist, was commissioned by Henry Ford's son, Edsel, and the president of the company in 1932. Painting the frescoes lasted from June 1932- March 1933. People didn't like the paintings for several reasons (race, religion, porn, etc.)Anyways, check out the picture and stuff. For the people in the History Period 4 Gold Class: good luck! The test is wicked easy.
Ciao! -Seewahchu! [^3^]o0(<3)
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