Some interesting facts about Siqueiros paintings is, most of the pieces have the recurring theme of vivid colors and the subject of the piece usually involves the past, present, and future of the Mexican revolution. In this piece David Alfaro Siqueiros still uses all his vivid colors and his painting is based on the present which was the time in the revolution when they where still fighting. Evidence of this is that some of the very famous mexican revolutionaries are in the painting. Such as Emiliano Zapata and some other people who stands out from the rest of the many soldiers. Another interesting fact about this is there is a woman in the front which is similar to some of his other paintings which deal with women overcoming oppresion. If someone were to look at this painting they would notice that the people in the painting are closely together which means they were working as one for their people.
Image work cited
Chronicle Books. "Mexican Muralist" .30 Oct. 2008 http://www.chroniclebooks.com/Chronicle/excerpt/0811819280-e0.html
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