...Nancy Moreno Professor McCracken Spanish 120B December 3, 2009 Through the eyes of tradition People express themselves in many different ways throughout their lives. Painters are known for using there past experiences to illustrate their lives and feelings. Frida Kahlo was a Mexican painter with a passion to paint. Her paintings portrayed very strong messages throughout her life including the tragic events that helped her shape who she was. In Julie Taymor’s film “Frida”: her private and professional life was depicted through different events. In this film as well as in people’s daily lives ethnicity is a factor, which, influences the actions and practices that construct your character. As Taymor opens the film with a scene of Frida laying on her bed to get to her exhibition, she shows how she never gave up on her commitment to what she started. As a result to a horrific accident that enables Frida from time to time in her life she starts painting portraits of her family and herself. Taymor shows the role of supra-ethnicity through the character of Kahlo using her lifestyle, clothing, and traditions. Taymor draws the viewers into this post-revolutionary era in Mexico by constructing Frida’s style of living in a different time. Through her life Frida dresses and acts out the role that the indigenous women in Mexico live by, but includes her own style to it. By using the traditional clothing of an indigenous woman she shows the beauty and empowerment that the...
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...Social Innovation Exercise 1) One of the biggest problems we face in Southern California and all around the world is the issue if sustainable living and sustainable communities. Most of the communities surrounding the CA/Tijuana border are faced with infrastructure inadequacies due to a lack of government funding. As residents of San Diego we are almost completely oblivious to the fact that just 25 miles south citizens of the U.S and Mexico face issues with shelter, clean drinking water, pollution, and urban sprawl stressors. One of the most prominent issues currently facing the U.S-Tijuana border region is the high density of its urbanized canyons. Tijuana is filled with people who are struggling everyday for food and water. These citizens must piece together temporary structures that end up being washed away from rain. As a result of unsafe infrastructure and pollution the runoff consisting of tires, trash, and human waste is threatening the environmental vitality of the Tijuana River Valley Estuary. This problem is not only affecting Tijuana but also San Diego, causing everything from beach closures to destroyed wildlife. The issues described in the U.S/Tijuana region are not uncommon for low-income communities across the world. Countries such as Brazil and many regions throughout Africa are gravely affected by poor infrastructure. One of the biggest problems thus far has been locating proper funding and manpower to solve these inadequacies. Most of the people within...
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...Darkness prevailed infinitely to the point that I thought I was blind. I could just feel. Feel everything from the whacking of the turbulent wind, to the sickening palpitations in my chest. My skin was ripping and my hairs were ruffling as I spiraled down the deep black abyss at a breakneck speed. It seemed like a bottomless pit but shortly after, I realized that a floor is there to catch me. I could now see my death looming over me like a gigantic shadow with an evil smile. I closed my eyes right away out of fear which gradually enhanced as I waited for my fate to get to me. But just when I was ready to let go, my eyes opened to a realm of colors that ghastly dream was devoid of. I aroused to find myself in my bed, clammy and wobbly. My heart wasn’t in its senses and I was gasping. I had to keep on repeating, “It was just a dream” until things got back to normal. They again went wild though, when I checked the time. It was 9 o’ clock and I had my last exam at 10. I jumped out of bed, instantly got dressed and hit the road to be there before time. Fortunately, I did and in a couple of hours, I was through with it. Now I wanted to rush home and have a hell lot of idle time. I immediately took out my cell phone to tell my mother that I am done. Then as I waited for her, I reflected on my dream. An article about dreams I once read, flashed across my mind. This dream meant bad luck. “What nonsense!” I said and laughed it off. Just a few moments later, I received a phone call from...
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...made by Oil on Metal. The dimensions of the work are 12 ¼” x 15 ½” In a shape of a Rectangle. Frida used rich colors to express strong feelings. This artwork was made during the Modern Art period. Frida Kahlo was the creator of the “Henry Ford Hospital” (The Flying Bed) 1932 painting. This is one of her most painful self-portraits that she had ever painted. Frida created this artwork of herself during one of her most painful times in her life. She was suffering her second miscarriage, and she was also was also realizing that she would not ever be able to carry a pregnancy to term. She experienced this situation in a foreign city that she did not like, the city of Detroit, Michigan. They were in the city of Detroit because her husband Diego was creating his famous Detroit Industry frescoes (frescoes, is a technique of mural painting executed upon freshly laid lime plaster) at the Detroit Institute of Arts. In the background of the painting Frida included the Ford family’s factories because they dominated the skyline from the hospitals view. In Henry Ford Hospital Frida lies naked in her bed. Frida has a large tear falls from her left eye. The sheet beneath her is bloody, because she is had a miscarriage. Her stomach is still swollen from pregnancy. The bed frame bears the inscription "Henry Ford Hospital Detroit," but the bed and Frida floats or flies in an abstract space circled by a series of six floating objects around her bed that are symbolic of her emotions at the time...
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...Magdalena Carmen Frieda Kahlo y Calderon better known as Frida Kahlo de Rivera was a Mexican painter born in Coayacan. She is possibly best known for her self-portraits, her work is recalled for its pain and passion and its strong vibrant colors. Her work has been celebrated in Mexico as representative of national and its indigenous tradition and by feminists for its rigid portrayal of the female experience and form. Frida Kahlo was born on July 6, 1907 in Coayacan, Mexico. She was one of four daughters born to a Hungarian-Jewish father and a mother of Spanish and Mexican Indian descent. Becoming an artist was never the original plan for Frida. After surviving polio, at the age of 6, which left her right leg thinner than her left leg, she entered a pre-med program in Mexico City. At the age of 18, Kahlo suffered serious injuries as a result of a bus accident; such accident left her with a broken spinal column, broken collarbone, broken ribs, broken pelvis, and eleven fractures in her right leg and a dislocated shoulder. Not only did she brake almost every part of her body causing her to be in a full body cast for about 3 months, but an iron handrail penetrated her abdomen and her uterus, compromising her reproductive ability (Falini). Kahlo spent over a year in bed recuperating, in which she had to go through about 35 operations all through her lifetime. It was throughout this time that she began to paint and quit pre-med. Isolation was one of the numerous things that influenced...
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...Rivera’s style is best termed as New Realism because it is far removed from the academic, Old World naturalism (Neimark 68). “He adopted a symbolic-representational style and a large scale mural format. The densely packed murals are almost montages of fragmentary figures and symbolic elements located within fictive spaces” (Neimark 69). The figures may have been simplified, but there is nothing simple about his complex compositions that are overwhelming to the eye, both visually and in terms of their social impact on society at the time (Neimark 69). Rivera’s murals at the Detriot Institute of Arts were painted with the 15th century Italian style technique called fresco, which is a method of applying paint directly to a wet plaster surface so that the work is permanently scarred onto the wall (Howlett 6). The project, designed to show the progress of man throughout time, fit perfect into Rivera’s style of a montage-like mural form. The murals received more than 86,000 visitors in the first month of its debut alone (Helms 85). At the end of the decade, Rivera was awarded the Fine Arts Gold Medal by the American Institution of Architects for Rivera’s growing work in the United States (Helms 70). However, happiness of receiving this award was short lived – in 1930, the conservative administration of the National School of Architecture and others had started a campaign for Rivera’s removal as director of the Academy of San Carlos, the same school he started out at as a young painter...
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...Unit 5 Individual Project HUMA 205-1402A 4/27/2014 Impressionist art is a style in which the artist captures the image of an object as someone would see it if they just caught a glimpse of it. They paint the pictures with a lot of color and most of their pictures are outdoor scenes. Their pictures are very bright and vibrant. The artists like to capture their images without detail but with bold colors. There were many great impressionist artists. Artist of the impressionist period Edourard Manet was an artist in the years of 1832-1833. He was a founding father of Impressionism and was a crucial part of Salon des Refusés in 1863. Edourard Manet was an artistic influence to many impressionist artists. He claimed to not be himself as an Impressionist though. He said he would not be labeled as that and did not exhibit with the others. Many impressionists borrowed from his style also. Manet influenced development of Impressionism. Olympia which was created in 1863 was a famous painting that Manet created. His style in this period was characterized by loose brush strokes, simplification of details, and the suppression of transitional tones. Adopting the current style of realism initiated by Gustave Courbet, he painted The Absinthe Drinker and other contemporary subjects such as beggars, singers, Gypsies, people in cafes, and bullfights. After his early years, he rarely painted religious, mythological, or historical subjects such as his Christ Mocked, now in the Art Institute...
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...Most times artists stylize their landscapes and surroundings to beautify their society or region. And other times, artist keep the setting as real as they see it, not only to depict raw honesty but to shed light on the actual society in which they live. Frida Kahlo, a painter of Mexican and Hungarian descent shows a landscape of her own mind but in a cross society of two cultures in Self-Portrait at the Border between Mexico and the United States.Robert Henri, of the Ashcan School, prided themselves with portrayal of harsh hardships American living for the middle and lower class past the glitz and glamour of the industry. Frida Kahlo spent time in Detroit, New York and San Francisco with her husband Diego Rivera as he worked on commissions. In the painting, Self-Portrait at the Border between Mexico and the United States (1932)Frida shows both societies and cultures on both sides of her as she symbolizes the border. On the left side her native Mexico shows its vibrant historical and cultural heritage with it’s Aztec pyramid and abundant plants in the lower left of the painting. In contrast to gleaming industrial buildings on Kahlo’s right side Mexico shows a pile of rubble which can indicate that Mexico is not as developed as the United States and hold more rural tendencies. On her right Kahlo decorates the United States with factories and buildings. Instead of plants growing from the ground the viewer can see various technological advances. Although she stands equally on both...
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...también la perspectiva que se le daba al progreso en un futuro en Mexico. El muralismo también personificó a los estilos europeos de aquel tiempo, siendo la figura humana y el color que eran las características mas importantes. Ni el cubismo ni el surrealismo utilizaban este tipo de arte, el muralismo creó su propia esencia regresando al realismo para expresar los probemas políticos. Ejemplos de artistas y sus obras muralistas Frida Khalo: -Conocida como una de las pintoras mas importantes de la historia mexicana. -En su mayoría, sus pinturas son autobiografías. -Frida expresaba su dolor a través de sus pinturas. -Su estilo es conocido como el “mexicanismo”, gracias a sus colores llamativos, y alegorías de la cultura mexicana. -Diego Rivera describía las pinturas de Frida diciendo que revelan una energía de expresión, deineacion precisa de carácter y verdadera sinceridad. Tina Modotti: -Tina hizo una colaboración grande con fotos para la difusión de...
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...Images never merely portray an authentic reality but instead they “inevitably betray the values of the culture in which they were created” (Howells, 2003: 70) Fig1.1: Self Portrait with Necklace of Thorns, 1940, Oil on Canvas Fig. 1.2 Henry Ford Hospital (The Flying Bed), 1932, Oil on Metal This paper will begin with a brief introduction of visual studies, painting in particular and go on to establish the fact that visual images not merely imitate reality but also inform the real world. When one views a painting, it is not complete objective view. There is a very thin line between objectivity and mind working under influence of ideologies. Complex interworking of representation of perceived reality by the painter, ideological approach of the viewer is at play, both, striving to figure out the real. The paper will try to analyze Frida Kahlo’s two paintings Self-Portrait With Thorn Necklace and Humming Bird and Henry ford hospital, The Flying Bed under this lens. The term visual might seem to a layman too simplistic to be critically analyzed but the field of visual culture expands the scope of our ways of seeing and the perceptions that govern an individual's spectatorship. It is easy to define visual as "What is visible to eyes" but new vistas are opened when as students of visual studies we set to decipher the fact that our understanding of reality is primarily if not wholly based on our pre-conceived notions, acquired ideas, collective unconsciousness (Jung), ideologies...
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...How to Fund a Non-Profit Community Book Festival Glennie Hillebrandt, Aaron Hutchison, Star Prerez COMM/215 April 13, 2015 Gary Tandy How to Fund a Non-Profit Community Book Festival We are looking to fund our Non-Profit Community Book Festival, The San Diego Community Book Festival. We have filed our paperwork and incorporated the name, and registered as a non-profit. We have applied for the non-profit federal and state exemptions, created our corporate bylaws and appointed our initial directors. Our first board meeting was held and all necessary licenses and permits have been obtained. With the completion of these, we need to take the next step and the most crucial one which is fundraising. When it comes to fund raising, individual donors contribute the largest amount.There is also available funding through grants offered by federal, state and local government. (cite source SBA) The catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) provides a database of all federal programs available to state and local government (cite sources gsa.gov). Upon trying to find funders you need to look to many different resources and not focus on just one. Treating a funder like you would any type of business prospect is key, keep things professional. (Foundation center) The foundation center is not a resource to supply funds, but there to help you in research providing information on how to receive grants and other resources to fund your non-profit. When trying to get funding make sure...
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...Gary Sinise Net Worth Gary Alan Sinise was born on the 17th March 1955 in Blue Island, Illinois USA, and is of Italian, Swedish, Irish and English ancestry. Sinise is an actor, best known by the roles of Lieutenant Dan in the blockbuster film “Forrest Gump” (1994), for portraying the USA president Harry S. Thruman in the TV movie “Thruman” (1995),furthermore, Sinise in also known on TV screens since he was featured as the inspector Mac Taylor in the TV series “CSI: NY” (2004-2013). He has been an active member of the entertainment industry since 1973. Have you ever wondered how rich Gary Sinise is? According to sources, it is estimated that Gary Sinise`s net worth is $30 million, an amount acquired through his numerous TV and film roles for which he received prestigious accolades, including the Academy Award for his role in the film “Thruman” (1995). Gary Sinise Net Worth $30 Million Gary grew up in Blue Island, but later his family moved to Highland Park, Illinois, where he attended the Highland Park High School. Upon graduation, he enrolled the Illinois State University and while studying he met Jeff Perry and Terry Kinney. As a result of the friendship they found the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in 1974. Since then, Sinise dedicated himself to entertainment industry, mostly as an actor, but he also tried his luck as a director in such productions as “Of Mice And Men” (1992), “Miles From Home” (1988), “Orphans” (1983) for which he earned the Joseph Jefferson Award. His net...
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...Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo was born on June 30, 1943 to fishmongers in London, England. While Jetsunma was a child she always felt like she didn't belong with the religious beliefs she was raised with. Consistently throughout her childhood she would read books and study other religious beliefs, in an attempt to find her true spiritual path. It wasn't until Jetsunma was 18 and finally read a book about Buddhism while stuck at the airport with her mother. After reading the book Jetsunma proclaimed to her mother that she was in fact a Buddhist. Jetsunma decided early on that she would not mind renouncing worldly pleasures like clothing, tv, and food. She was convinced the Buddhist nun life was the spiritual path for her. Jetsunma moved to India at age 20, to pursue her life in Buddhism and to learn from a teacher to become a nun. Jetsunma taught english at a school for young lamas. While teaching here the eighth Khamtrul Rinpoche came to visit and Jetsunma immediately wanted to be his disciple and he agreed to be her master. Jetsunma accompanied the eighth Khamtrul Rinpoche to the Tashi Jong monastery in Himachal Pradesh, where she discovered the concept of Togden. Togdens are beings who have realized the nature of the mind and are able to control it, after a retreat of more than fifteen years. Jetsunma encountered a specific difficulty while she was at the Tashi Jong monastery in Himachal, Pradesh. Jetsunma wanted to become a Togdenma, a female Togden, but all of the previous Togdenma’s...
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...Santa Cruz is a city known for its moderate climate and the natural beauty of its coastline, redwood forests, as well as the beautiful Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, an oceanfront amusement park operating since 1907. It is also home to the University of California, Santa Cruz, a prestigious research institution, educational hub and one of the nine UC campuses. With all of it natural beauty it is a wonder about just how much crime has affected this city since the decline of the 1990s in the United States. According to his Article Declining Violent Crime Rates in the 1990s: Predicting Crime Booms and Busts Gary Lafaree (1999) discusses the tremendous decline in the United States stating that, “The United States in the 1990s has experienced the greatest...
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...“Feet what do I want them for if I have wings to fly.” – Frida Kahlo (1995, p.134) Frida Kahlo, a Mexican artist, lived all her life with physical illnesses, and her suffering is revealed plainly through her artwork. In 1953, her doctor decided to amputate her right leg at the knee due to gangrene. Frida expressed her fear in her diary with a painting of a yellowish cut leg and the above quote. Although the operation was successfully performed and she was able to walk with an artificial leg, an inevitable depression followed. She became deeply depressed and was no longer interested in her husband, Diego Rivera, who had been the entire world of her life. She lost the will to live and made suicide attempts (Herrera, 1963). A healthy mental state...
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