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A 5 page research paper/essay that critiques how each man viewed Emiliano Zapata. The Labyrinth of Solitude is one of the most famous works by the noted Mexican author Octavio Paz. It is a collection of nine essays that are all concerned with the central theme of how one should understand Mexican identity, which translates in the book into understanding the quest for this understanding as an existential labyrinth, which leads inevitably to a profound feeling of solitude. Diego Rivera, through his art, also expresses a vision of Mexican identity. This discussion interprets Rivera's "Agrarian Leader Zapata" in light of the themes brought out in Paz's text. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Mexican identity, which translates in the book into understanding the quest for this understanding as an existential labyrinth, which leads inevitably to a profound feeling of solitude. Paz observes
that solitude is the "profoundest fact of the human condition," and he goes on to describe how people long to see themselves in another person (Paz 192). Diego Rivera, through
his art, also expresses a vision of Mexican identity. The following discussion interprets Riveras "Agrarian Leader Zapata" in light of the themes brought out in Pazs text. In the
wake of the Mexican Revolution, in the 1920s, Rivers was one of the artists who utilized public murals, not only as a means for celebrating Mexican indigenous culture, but also
as a means for instructing the public about their history as well as the new governments "dreams for their future" ("Agrarian Leader Zapata"). He painted "Agrarian Leader Zapata" in 1931.
It is a fresco, 7 9 3/4" x 6 2" and part of the collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. It is part of a
series of frescoes that Rivera paints for an exhibit at the museum in 1931. Emiliano Zapata was a hero of the Revolution who was killed in 1919 and Rivera
portrays him "wearing the local costume of the Cuernavaca region and carrying a sugarcane=cutters machete ("Agrarian Leader Zapata"). Zapata is accompanied by his followers and then, also, bear only tools
as their weapons. Yet, the rider who was part of the forces opposing them lies in the dust, with Zapata holding the reins of his horse, demonstrating how a peasant
army overcame professional soldiers ("Agrarian Leader Zapata"). Zapatas left foot rests symbolically on the saber of his enemy. In understanding the meaning of this painting in terms of Mexican
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