Tomar 1 Dhruv Tomar Gaby Naus MYP2 Art 28 Sep 2022 Feldman Analysis #1 By: Dhruv Tomar Diego Rivera, born December 8, 1886, was born in Guanajuato, Mexico. His full name is Diego María Concepción Juan Nepomuceno Estanislao de la Rivera y Barrientos Acosta y Rodríguez. He was a Mexican painter whose bold, large-scale murals stimulated a revival of fresco painting in Latin America. The artist was a heavy influence on the state of what art is and branched towards new paths himself. He created a system in which the Mexican art system flourished while abiding by his wife, Frida Kahlo, mentioned in his paintings multiple times. While she was not as influential as Diego eventually became, she still played a role as crucial as her spouse in developing the Mexican art culture. The art piece we can compare most of his work to is most probable to be the "Flower carrier" The painting, created in 1935, used mediums used were Oil and tempera on Masonite. The picture followed the genre painting genre and revolved around Social Realism and Mexican Muralism points in time. It is measured at 48 x 47 ¾ inches or 121.92 x 121.29 centimeters. Tomar 1 Dhruv Tomar Gaby Naus MYP2 Art 28 Sep 2022 The piece is comprised of two prominent people. One person is on his knee with a basket tightened around his body. The other is seen adjusting the basket and filling it with flowers. The one on his knees is also wearing a hat and sandals. The most prominent element of art is that this painting can be deducted from tone/form. The style appears in many places, such as the flowers, the plants, and the character's clothes (skit, shirt). The other element that we can say appears consistently in the photo is color. Color is essential in this painting since it revolves around flowers. While color seems to appear in most of his paintings, I feel as if it plays a more crucial role in this painting than in his other pieces. We can say this because he usually uses a white-colored plant called calla lilies. While these calla lilies tend to change to a pinkish hue, they convey a sensory feeling of death. The pink hue represents a slow end to everything, and we can see that there are also some white calla lilies in the painting and pink calla lilies. Diego Rivera uses lines to draw definitive points to create a solid end to some parts of the projects. They give lots of creative, decisive meanings to the characters. For example, instead of creating a realistic view of the painting, he uses exact lines to create insanely precise drawings. Unity plays a vital role in the painting because of the flowers. They all correspond to each other to the point where it looks like the Lillies are meant to fade into a lighter shade. Unity plays a role in the painting and in a scenario where the people themselves look as if they need each other to complete the painting. They both play positions that can only be completed with the other one. While it does not play as crucial a role as some other principles of design, the emphasis goes toward the flowers but more specifically, they go to the flower patch with the Tomar 1 Dhruv Tomar Gaby Naus MYP2 Art 28 Sep 2022 purple shade on it, a logical conclusion that we can make because of this is that the artist wanted to implement the fact that uniqueness appears anywhere even in the paintings artists create. The flowers are repetitive since they are the focus of the painting, but the repetition does not lie there but in the background, where the leaves are centered. The setting of the piece is easily ignored because of how well the painting flows with the background and the repetitive sections of the leaves in the painting. While it is impossible to create claims about the painting, we can say that the fundamental conception of the painting relies not upon the characterization of the components in the painting but, more specifically, the flowers in the painting; the flowers create a sense of diversity but simplicity. The collective of all flowers never results in one flower being favored over another. While some seem to pop out more than others, they all seem to create a total ensemble of feelings. The painting leads to a positive environment since, in Mexico, it is a very popular scenery to sell flowers and other goods in the streets to spread a positive feeling to those around the neighborhood and those that live closely with others. The painting seems to be submissive to a tradition yet appreciative to the others that can view the painting. It does not show any extreme aggression or any value of anger. This painting ties to a time in my life when my parents decided to invest in a tree. It would grow to the point where there were enough plants and buds to call it fully extended. As summer passed through that final year of the completion in growth, the buds grew to two main types of colors, a bright white and a harsh yellow. Tomar 1 Dhruv Tomar Gaby Naus MYP2 Art 28 Sep 2022 While these two colors were the most prominent grown flowers on the trees, a select few flowers contained a different tone. These flowers always reassured me that there was always room for people who were other in the world. I feel that Diego Rivera meant to create a mutual feeling in his viewers that I got watching that tree grow. If we look at the time Diego Rivera made this flower painting, around the 1930s, it was during the Mexican post-revolution. The Mexican Revolution occurred from 1910 to approximately 1920 and was motivated by the overthrow of the dictator President Porfirio Diaz. This painting would be available for everyone to see, and the intention was to recreate the ideals of Mexico, its culture, and its perceived identity through public art. It was a way to unify disconnected people. Overall I think we can all say that this painting succeeded in creating a feeling in the viewers of satisfaction. Diego Rivera had a clear motive behind this painting and those that viewed it. Diego Rivera has created many other images that represent general ways people view others, middle and lower-class suffrages, and pain in daily life. The painting perfectly encapsulates these central Tomar 1 Dhruv Tomar Gaby Naus MYP2 Art 28 Sep 2022 ideas, from the characters to the background to the most critical part, the flowers. The only paintings people should compare to Diego Rivera's are his and Frida Kahlo's paintings and murals. They shared similar ideas and thoughts, so influence played a crucial role in developing these murals. The originality of the artwork is very distinct. Many artists similar to Diego Rivera were all creating pieces that reflected the current Mexican post-revolution at the time. Diego Rivera found a way not to instigate the situation but calm it. Sources Cited ● Brandon. “The Flower Carrier by Diego Rivera - Facts about the Painting.” Totally History, 21 May 2013, https://totallyhistory.com/the-flower-carrier/. ● “Diego Rivera - 145 Artworks - Painting.” Www.wikiart.org, https://www.wikiart.org/en/diego-rivera. ● “Diego Rivera, His Life and Art.” Diego Rivera - Paintings,Murals,Biography of Diego Rivera, https://www.diegorivera.org/. ● “Diego Rivera.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., https://www.britannica.com/biography/Diego-Rivera. 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