Painting by Diego Rivera - Essay Example

I think the images behind the man represent the many paths people today choose to be in one religion or state. The man painted in the middle of these paths is representing all the races in the world and possibly religions.

Part B:

Rivera’s work of art seemed to be representing the cultural wars that exist today. In the early 100’s Rivera was at the time an icon for transactions of cultures between the people in Central and North America. This painting was one of his controversial arts which he intended to be an eye-opener for Americans; to be culturally diverse and accept the different aspects and opinions which existed in the world (Neimark 6).

His painting incorporates lively and contrasting colors and his concern for texture seems overwhelming. His style of painting can best be termed as New Realism since it is far from representing the academic world and naturalism in the old world (Neimark 68). The man who is at the center of this painting is Lenin who was the founder of the Soviet Union; he is symbolically clasping the hands of future allies; a worker, a black American, and a white Russian soldier.