Little Miss "Jackrabbit " again, commenting on Art pieces

Basically, I finished my History final, so I got nothin' to do.  Hence the blog. Anyways, if you look at the Art Outline on usad.org, they have links to pictures of the art pieces.
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)

4 Youtube clips of the Great Depression music selection

"St. Louis Blues" by W.C. Handy
This version is done by Louis Armstrong, sung Velma Middleton...


Lead Belly sings "Midnight Special"


George Gershwin's "I Got Rhythm"
Quality isn't the greatest, so let me know if you find a better video of this...


Duke Ellington's "Cotton Tail"


Any last notes? Let's see....
1. Ms. Kelly is planning the Boot Camp.  It's completely out of our hands. So don't take any ideas to me anymore. [^^]
2. There are 10 more songs on the music selection list, but I already included "Brother, Can You Spare A Dime" (as sung by Rudy Vallee) earlier, so there's 9 more that I'll post up.
3. School's almost over, so there's not much to say... I guess I'll tell you guys what I'm doing to prep over the summer:

-Read Grapes of Wrath a few times (with my Spark Notes in hand).

-Watch "Grapes of Wrath", "Gold Diggers of 1933", and any other 1930s movies I find interesting.

-Watch a whole bunch of documentaries about the Great Depression.

-Borrow (and read) a bunch of books about the history and economics of the Great Depression.

-Listen to the music a gajillion times.

-Read the shorter selections from the Language & Literature selections.

-Research the art pieces and popular artists of the era. (Hopefully, if there are any relevant art galleries nearby, I'll get to visit them, since my parents'll be bored this summer anyway).

-Read the Economics Basic Guide (and understand it).

-And whatever else I can.

4. Anything else?