Week 5 project 5C

1. Revisit project 2b link. Briefly remind us what MoLAA is and tell us how the knowledge you learned this semester enhance your understanding of the artwork found at the MoLAA?

Molaa's mission is to educate the public about contemporary Latin American fine art (by artists who have lived and worked in Latin America since WWII) through the presentation of a significant permanent collection, dynamic exhibitions and related cultural and educational programs.

Contains a title: The Fruits of Labor by DIEGO RIVERA
Contains a web link to the actual piece (art, photo, architecture, pottery, etc.) http://www.artnexus.com/ImageBig/2007/u0008678

Contains a brief paragraph of reference to components A and B, how you came across this piece? I found this artwork when I was researching the artist information and I came across of this interesting artwork.

Contains the following analytical elements:

Observation: What do you see in the artwork? I see people looking kind of sad and angry. What is the subject of the work? The people and the hard work that they do. What is the work made of? I think it’s made of pencil coloring or charcoal.
What techniques (colors, lines, shapes, textures) does the artist use? The used black and gray coloring pencils. And he did shading in the faces of the people and he did some like shading on their clothes.

Interpretation: In one sentence, what is the artwork about? The iconic composition focuses attention on the dignity of the workers and their children with a quiet, mystical grandeur of expression.

Judgment: What led you to choose this work of art? I love black and white pictures and when I was doing some researching I saw lots of artwork, but I think was drawn to this one the most. What do you think or feel about this work? I think that it’s a beautiful picture of this family and their hardwork. Why do you feel this way? I feel this way because I can relate to this picture, ever since I was little I was taught to work my way through growing in this world.

Questioning: What would you like to know about this work? I was wondering why this art costs so much.

Week 5 project 5b

Contains a title: Saint Juan Diego

Contains a web link to the actual piece (art, photo, architecture, pottery, etc.) http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Juan-Diego.jpg

Contains a brief paragraph of reference to components A and B, how you came across this piece, how it connects to your study of humanities: As a widower, Juan Diego was prone to long periods of silence. He walked every Saturday and Sunday to church, and on cold mornings, like other members of his Indian tribe, wore a woven cloth called a tilma, or ayate made with coarse fibers from the maguey cactus for cotton was only used by the upper class Aztec.

Contains the following analytical elements:

Observation: What do you see in the artwork? I see Saint Juan Diego on his knees praying to the lord. I see some writing above him and a really beautiful sum behind his head. I also see clouds, mountains, and some barrels. What is the subject of the work? Saint Juan Diego What is the work made of? This art is made of paint. What techniques (colors, lines, shapes, textures) does the artist use? I can that the artist uses paint and maybe some charcoal. He also did some shading that I can see, and I think that he did an amazing job.
What is the artwork about? This artwork is a picture of Juan Diego praying.

Judgment: What led you to choose this work of art? I chose this artwork because I think that it looks beautiful and shows how Juan Diego personiality. What do you think or feel about this work? I feel that I can relate to this artwork because when praying is very serious and it shows that in the painting. Why do you feel this way? I don’t know when it comes to praying to our Gods, we don’t play around we are really passionate about it.

Questioning: What would you like to know about this work? I would really like to what did he really use in his artwork?

Week 5 Project 5a

In a paragraph, tell us what "Independence Period' means: Latin American Wars of Independence (1808–1826). The wars of independence in Latin America were watched with considerable interest in North America. Apart from the prospective commercial benefits that might flow from the end of Spain's trade monopoly, U.S. sympathy for an independent Latin America was grounded in the view that the wars of independence reflected the same republican ideals of freedom and liberty that had animated the creation of the United States.

Tell us why you chose the topic: I chose to Juan Diego because I never heard of that name before and I would like to know who this person is. Hopefully I will learned a lot from this person that I’ am going to research about.

Tell us 3 interesting facts about your topic in 3 separate paragraphs:
Saint Juan Diego (1474 – May 30, 1548) was an indigenous Mexican who reported an apparition of the Virgin Mary as Our Lady of Guadalupe in 1531. He had a significant impact on the spread of the Catholic faith within Mexico. The Roman Catholic Church canonized him in 2002, as its first indigenous American saint.

Among the various visions of Jesus and Mary Juan Diego's case is somewhat unique in that it produced a "physical artifact" that has survived for centuries. While other visionaries such as Maria Valtorta and Stefano Gobbi have produced large amounts of (at times dictation-like) text that they attribute to Jesus or the Virgin Mary, their visions or interior locutions have not been accompanied by a physical artifact. Juan Diego's tilma is thus unique in that it has survived and is venerated to this day.

Interestingly, the years 1532 to 1538 which saw a large number of people join the Catholic Church in Mexico based on Juan Diego's vision, were right in the midst of the period of Protestant Reformation of 1521 to 1579 in Europe. Hence as a large number of people left the Catholic Church in Europe, a large number of new Catholics appeared in Mexico, maintaining the overall strength of the Catholic Church. To this day, Latin America remains a major pillar of the Catholic Church.

Cite your sources used for this component and tell us why these sources are credible.
· http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_American_Wars_of_Independence
· http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Diego_Cuauhtlatoatzin