The Mural Art of Diego Rivera

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

On your hand out…

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?

Symbolism

Murals have been around a long time!

Where do you see symbols?

From the Dictatorship of Porfirio Diaz to the Revolution—The Revolutionaries by David Alafaro Siqueiros

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

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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!

Diego Rivera Timeline

Think about all you learned about Diego Rivera yesterday, what is the most important fact you learned?

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Contemporaries: someone who works with or at the same time as someone else

José Clemente Orozco David Alfaro Siquerios

Diego’s Contemporaries

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!

Add to your time line…

Based off the information we talked about yesterday, who do you think was the most important contemporary of Diego Rivera and why?

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Diego Rivera’s Man, Controller of the Universe

Please complete the worksheet you were given as you walked in. Thanks!

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