and sense of security is stripped from you immediately. Any secret or past scandal will bubble to the surface. The easiest way to avoid this‚ but still receive glory‚ is simply to become famous after you are dead. This is what happened to Frida Kahlo. Frida Kahlo is extremely influential‚ but if she had lived today‚ she would have been even more famous‚ due to the way people become famous in today’s world‚ her work‚ and her struggles. It is said that everyone
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entire lives without feeling these emotions and art is more moving if these themes are involved. The following artists have expressed and experienced pain‚ suffering and depression. Käthe Kollwitz’s work reflects of personal and painful memories‚ Frida Kahlo’s work is a confronting and detailed painting about her suffering and Vincent Van Gogh’s work is one that captures his agony and depression.
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“The Leap” by Louise Erdrich is a short story about a woman named Anna‚ a now retired acrobat. Flying Avalons was the name of the heart stopping Acrobat team that Anna performed in with her late husband Harry. One sunny afternoon in June the couple was performing their breathtaking stunt‚ but the unpredictability of New Hampshire weather brought disaster with it. A mid-afternoon thunderstorm brought the fatality of Anna’s husband and unborn child after a stray lightning bolt hit the top of the carnival
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Frida Kahlo “I used to think I was the strangest person in the world but then I thought there are so many people in the world‚ there must be someone just like me who feels bizarre and flawed in the same ways I do. I would imagine her‚ and imagine that she must be out there thinking of me too. Well‚ I hope that if you are out there and read this and know that‚ yes‚ it’s true I’m here‚ and I’m just as strange as you.” ― Frida Kahlo “I paint flowers so they will not die.” ― Frida Kahlo
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Eleanora Derenkowskaia‚ better known as Maya Deren‚ was a Russian-American filmmaker and is considered one the most influential and prominent experimental filmmakers during the 1940’s and 1950’s. Although Deren completed only six films and two monographs in her lifetime‚ her relatively limited body of work has made a enormous impact on the history of cinema and specifically the American avant-garde. Her aesthetic approach to film‚ combined with her unique themes‚ has propelled her body of work into
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Maya Angelou‚ sharing a similar name as the renaissance artist Michael Angelo‚ was an artist in her own respect. She painted pictures of her childhood that effected people‚ and changed their perspectives. Overcoming many obstacles she was able to live an accomplished life. She wrote many books‚ she was active in the civil rights movement‚ and she was a mentor to many. Baggage and pain never dragged her expressions to a frown. Her smile will be remembered just as much as her distinct poetry. Maya
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Introducion Birth‚ maternity and death‚ three concepts drawn and sculpted by the hands of Käthe Kollwitz in all her work. Pain can have a rare beauty‚ an adjacent romanticism‚ and this was something that Kollwitz could extract from the essence of her being. Observing her work‚ one can feel like doing a poetic journey that leads us to existential paradigms‚ where the ugly can be beautiful as well as black can be white‚ or where the sadness can be happiness. When i first sow her drawings during the
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The artist named Diego María de la Concepción Juan Nepomuceno Estanislao de la Rivera y Barrientos Acosta y Rodríguez‚ better known as Diego Rivera‚ was and remains a prominent Mexican painter. Diego Rivera was born on the 8th of December 1886 in Guanajuato‚ Mexico and died on November 24‚ 1957 in Mexico City Mexico. Recognizing their son’s artistic abilities‚ at twelve years old Rivera was enrolled at the San Carlos Academy of Fine Arts (Souter‚ 2). Two years after graduation the government sponsored
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Mirkin’s article‚ “Aurora Reyes: ataque a la maestra rural‚” was about one of the most iconic women in Mexican history. She was a very inspiring woman‚ she still found time to create her murals and fight for what she believed in all while being a single mother of two and having a job. Reyes was someone who fought for things that were dear to her such as education‚ children‚ and equality for women. I found it interesting but not surprising that her murals reflected her beliefs and illustrated the
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the portraits “aesthetic beauty”‚ rather than its ability to give us insight on the artists psychological‚ physical and emotional views of themselves. Frida Kahlo De Rivera (1907- 1954)‚ was a Mexican artist whose works “were strongly linked with her own life experiences‚ whilst also relating to world events‚ politics and the wider art world.” Kahlo is best known for her self-portraits‚ they demonstrate her need for self-expression and her exploration of identity. Although her physical features and
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