AP Art History : Identifying artists, works, or schools of 2D art of the Americas
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Example Question #1 : 2 D Art Beyond European Artistic Traditions
The Mexican Mural Movement utilized all of the following themes EXCEPT __________.
socialist politics
the glorification of the state
celebration of agricultural life
indigenous Mexican culture
the glorification of the state
The Mexican Mural Movement was Mexican painting movement that developed from the 1920s to the 1950s. Its most well-known painters were Diego Rivera, José Clemente Orozco, and David Alfaro Siqueiros. Each of these men were heavily influenced by Marxism and a sense of Mexican nationalism, which made them want to paint historical, indigenous, and agricultural scenes. Most of the muralists were often skirting trouble with the changing governments in Mexico, finding their support fluctuating throughout their careers.
Example Question #2 : 2 D Art Beyond European Artistic Traditions
Which religious apparition, recognized almost exclusively by the Spanish colonies of the Americas and not by the Europeans themselves, was and still is an unceasing source of artistic inspiration for the area that is known today as Mexico and Latin America?
Mother Theresa
Sor Juana Inéz de la Cruz
San Juan Diego
Jesus of Nazareth
The Virgin of Guadalupe
The Virgin of Guadalupe
Official Catholic record states that San Juan Diego, then just a peasant, witnessed an apparition of the Virgin Mary four times at the Hill of Tepeyac, now a suburb of Mexico City. It is said that the apparition of the Virgin Mary spoke to him in his native tongue of Nahuatl, asking for a church to be built there in her honor. Now the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe is the most visited Catholic pilgrimage site in the world, and the world's third most-visited sacred site.
Example Question #2 : 2 D Art Beyond European Artistic Traditions
Diego Rivera is one of the most well-known Mexican artists. His expansive wall paintings in fresco are a popular example of which genre of paintings, popularized in the 1920s as a social and political movement?
Mexican Muralism
Cubism
Neoclassicism
None of the other answers is correct.
Rococo
Mexican Muralism
Diego Rivera is a very well-known Mexican artist. One of his many artistic accomplishments was to help launch Mexican muralism in the 1920s. Although Mexico has a long history of mural art, Mexican muralism gained traction as a globally popular art form thanks to the contributions of Rivera and other artists, such as José Clemente Orozco and David Alfaro Siqueiros, as they used the form as a political and social tool. In the USA, Mexican muralism served as inspiration for the Chicano art movement.
Example Question #2 : 2 D Art Beyond European Artistic Traditions
The Mexican Mural Movement utilized all of the following themes EXCEPT __________.
indigenous Mexican culture
celebration of agricultural life
socialist politics
the glorification of the state
the glorification of the state
The Mexican Mural Movement was Mexican painting movement that developed from the 1920s to the 1950s. Its most well-known painters were Diego Rivera, José Clemente Orozco, and David Alfaro Siqueiros. Each of these men were heavily influenced by Marxism and a sense of Mexican nationalism, which made them want to paint historical, indigenous, and agricultural scenes. Most of the muralists were often skirting trouble with the changing governments in Mexico, finding their support fluctuating throughout their careers.
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