Interesting observations! I agree that it’s fun to look at a
piece of artwork and have an idea of what it’s about based on what you've
learned in a class. Could you imagine looking at Rivera’s A Dream of a Sunday Afternoon in Alameda Park at the beginning of
last semester? We would have had no idea of what any of it was about, but recently
we were able to identify many of the people in it and come up with the gist of the
story/purpose of it. Honestly, I have no idea what is in the bottom left corner
of The Zapatistas, but I agree it
kind of seems out of place. I wanted to point out, however, the wavy green
lines to the bottom left of the man’s face. These almost look like blades of
grass, or some type of agricultural crop. I think that it’s no coincidence that
this image is part of the man’s hand—the Zapatistas fought for land, and that
land was part of who they were, and so I think that this part of the mural
represents the land they were fighting for and its importance to them.
(http://leahslatinamericancivilizationblog.blogspot.com/2014/03/blog-numero-ocho.html?showComment=1394208870368#c153700584020934102)
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