In Frank Romero’s mural‚ "Going to the Olympics‚ 1984" he displays his artwork on a wall next to a freeway. The painting is Romero’s view on Los Angeles. The painting depicts a couple of cars and with some things in the background such as palm trees and more imagery. Some of this imagery is a blimp with the title‚ "A GOODYEAR‚" a stamp‚ hearts‚ a horse‚ two men wrestling and a U.F.O. Frank Romero’s overall attitude towards Los Angeles is displayed in this mural‚ "Going to the Olympics‚ 1984." Romero’s
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In Frank Romero’s mural "Going to the Olympics‚ 1984" the artist depicts life in LA through a number of images and symbols. What I see are: cars‚ hearts over the cars‚ palm trees‚ men wrestling‚ a blimp with the words "a goodyear"‚ a horse‚ and a stamp. The palm trees in my opinion represent the weather in LA. The men and the horse represent the Olympics. The stamp can represent the souvenirs in LA. The blimp represents life in LA. In Frank Romero’s mural " Going to the Olympics‚ 1984" the artist
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Rivera and Orozco both expressed their views on the Mexican Revolution through their murals. These artists had a few similarities as well as their differences when it came to their individual murals. They both used similar colors to symbolize different aspects of the events that were taking place. For example‚ mostly the peasants in Rivera’s murals wore white which could possibly stand for innocence. However‚ a difference among the artists that I saw was that Rivera tends to paint more of wider frame
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sorcerers‚ horse‚ an air balloon saying "Good year‚" two men fighting or wrestling‚ and the colors are very bright and mixed together. The painting shows rainbow colors in the hearts which could symbolize gay pride in our society. The cars found in the mural signify the different designs and styles of the automobile industry throughout the decades. The two men that are fighting i would have to agree with what Frank Romero says‚“I paint a lot of police brutality or injustices because that’s just part of
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Detroit Industry Murals consist of twenty-seven fresco panels at the Detroit Institute of Arts. Commissioned by Edsel Ford‚ the son of Henry Ford and William Valentiner‚ the director of the Detroit Institute of Arts‚ the murals were to reflect the history of Detroit and the development of industry (Gonyea‚ 2). These murals were created in the midst of the depression‚ and Rivera put to work on the murals many of men who found themselves out of work due to the depression. Rivera created murals (frescoes)
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In Frank Romero’s mural‚ "Going to the Olympics 1984‚" the artist captivates the audience’s attention by creating a mural at a freeway with powerful symbols such as cars‚ horses‚ two men wrestling‚ hearts‚ palm trees‚ post stamp‚ blimp and an iron. In addition his choice of colors wraps the image up making an inspiration and something that is cherishable. Each object has it’s own meaning and that is for the audience to think of. When I see the cars I visualize what California in particular‚ Los Angeles
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SUENOS DE UNA TARDE DOMINICAL EN LA ALAMEDA CENTRAL The author of this mural is Diego Rivera. He is one of the most important artists in Mexico. Also‚ he had the capacity to involve the people in his work. Diego Rivera always focused his work on politics and history of Mexico. We have the clear example in Sueños de una Tarde Dominical en la Alameda Central. It was painted for Diego Rivera in 1947. The original mural was established in one of the principal walls in the Prado Hotel‚ but after the
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living there. So when the government tried taking the land that was rich in history and their culture‚ the people fought and created what is now called Chicano park. The park is know for its outdoor murals dedicated to the Mexican American culture it is said to have the largest amount of outdoor murals in the United States. After World War II‚ the Barrio Logan community became and industry mess from junkyards to metals and other toxic businesses that were affecting the community by creating air
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The famous mural of Frank Romero "Going to the Olympics” that is painted on the 101 freeway is a very big part of the Los Angeles culture. This painting has been there since 1984 when Frank Romero had some help painting it on a wall that was very visible to all the people traveling on the 101 freeway. It is said to represent a huge part of the person in L.A. and how much they love their cars. As famous as this mural is some people don’t respect L.A’s culture. This famous mural was one of the
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Dr. Thomas Freeman and learned about his long‚ incredible life‚ but before that‚ we walked some of the halls containing mural after mural. Many are elaborate paintings of various elements of the black lives matter movement. Others‚ like the police brutality mural‚ have connotations to today’s world and the injustices African American people face on a day to day basis. The mural that caught my eye‚ though‚ was the one depicting one mule on a vast stretch of land which‚ Mr. Ford said‚ is a symbol
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