Humanities Homework Help

For your evaluation, review the online exploration for this module and examine this self-portrait of Frida Kahlo.

Now that you’ve carefully examined the work of visual art, construct your evaluation by using the following questions as a guide:

1. Kahlo painted this self-portrait during a prolonged stay in the United States while Rivera was working on a series of murals he had been commissioned to paint there. What parts of the painting represent Mexico? The United States? How do these two depictions differ?
2. Kahlo once said, “I paint myself because I am so often alone and because I am the subject I know best.” What parts of herself does Kahlo seem to be exploring in this self-portrait?
3. What elements of surrealism do you see in the painting (specifically address aspects of the surrealist movement, and not just a focus on the basic word “surreal”)?
4. What elements of indigenous art do you see? How do these elements work together with surrealism?