September 17,2011 the citizens of America started their protest for something they strongly believed in. The movement is Occupy Wall street We are the 99%.Diego Rivera made a painting during the time of the Great Depression relating the two in similar ways. I Interpret his painting describing what is going on from the foundation working on up. I see a bank on the first floor on the bottom the platform, On the left hand corner I see a banker looking at some papers almost as if he is really into what he is doing. There is a guard watching the Ban Teller behind bars protecting him. On the right hand side I see citizens conversing and they loo rather wealthy from the style of their clothing. There is a metal Bar tool that is separating the two sections. The metal loos as if you wouldn’t be able to brea in between the two floors. Above that metal you are in the middle section ,where I see a police guard watching dead bodies in rows neatly next to each other and if they were alive they would be un comfortable because they have no blankets to give them warmth and I get a bad vibe from this section Depressing is the vibe. Going up there is a triangle shape glass ceiling with metal holding it together, this supports the floor above it where you see a train going across the bridge with citizens who seem to just be going on with life and not to pleasant with their situation and blind to what it’s really going on around them. The last Section of Diego painting is the first floor that sticks out the most because you see tall skyscrapers of the old modern day of Ney York when the Great Depression was going on as like today the similarities are the same between the two Wall Street Crashes. Diego Rivera’s painting is made very clear to me and what he is trying to get his audience to convey. He is speaking truth about what is going on during thr Great Depression through his painting without sugar coating it but with salt being the foundation of what cruel situation was going on.
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