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Art and It’s Meaning
Jose Clemente Orozco was a Mexican social realist painter who specialized in bold murals. He was known as a muralist because he painted themes of violence or intolerance. Murals are notorious for their professional nature and the notable level of skill of the artists creating them. In his panel “Modern Human Sacrifice� we can see his focus on the indigenous culture. His creative use of this title tells me that he was not only sacrificing a human, but also the idea of modernism, since modernism was not an idea that stemmed from Latin Americans. He also uses many tools to give the viewers hints to his thoughts. For instance the colors that he uses, the flag on the dead body, and the man singing next to the tubas display a victorious mood.
The only colors that Orozco uses in this panel are red, blue and gold. Red signifies blood and passion. The blood is what they were willing to shed to protect the indigenous values and beliefs. Passion is what they......

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