Friday, August 26, 2011

Semeadores- Diego Rivera

  • Subject: Mexican farmers, Occasion: 20th century Mexico, Audience: everyday Mexicans who don't farm, Purpose: to show harmony of peasantry with land, Speaker: Mexican, communist, pro-labor, Tone: harmonious
  • Rivera's painting deals with the harmony between peasants and the land by expressing the literal and figurative beauty associated with this relationshiop. He shows this harmony through the use of lines: the peasants' bodies are curved to match the background of the land. Color is also used to demonstrate this harmony: the man on the right's shirt and pants blend together.

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