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A 7 page paper which examines Aztec influence on various Mexican and Mexican-American artists. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Artists such as Diego Rivera and Rufino Tamayo looked to their heritage for inspiration, consciously or perhaps even sub-consciously. The following paper examines Aztec influence on various Mexican and Mexican
American artists. Aztec Influence: Mexican-American Artists In many ways the Mexican and Mexican-American artists, which covers painters, sculptors, architects, photographers and even authors, have a long and deep
connection to various roots involving Mexican heritage. These roots involve Mayan influence and Aztec influence, as well as other pre-Columbian cultures. Aztec is generally seen as the most powerful or
most widely recognized of influences for it is something of a geometric and organic representation of figures. One author notes, for example, that "Rivera...drew on pre-Columbian sources and the
traditions of Mexican Folk art in murals that he did for the National Palace in Mexico City (1930-1932)" (DeFilippo, 2006). Rivera, along with other Mexican and Mexican-American artists, focused on
the working and farm class individuals in their art, immersed in a movement that was essentially characterized by indigenous thought that involved an appreciation and influence from the past such
as the Aztec arts. One author notes the following in these regards: "Within Latin American Modern Art we see indigenism, social realism, and the stylistic aspects of the mural movement
joined with an interest in surrealism. Surrealism emphasized the role of dreams and the unconscious in the creative process. To this, the Latin Americans added an interest in archetypes such
as images, ideas, or patterns that have come to be considered universal models" (DeFilippo, 2006). In looking at some of the art one can see a clear Aztec influence. For
example, if one looks at the work of Rufino Tamayo in comparison to Aztec images the viewer can see a great deal of similarity. Two pictures, not included in this
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