Scavenger+Hunt

Using the links in the questions below, search the web page link(s) for information that answers the question. For free-response questions, find a specific answer that best answers the question. For multiple-choice questions, choose the letter that best and most completely answers the question.

History in the time of Diego Rivera:
By: Kara Leanza

Q: During the beginning of his career, Rivera spent some time in Paris during WWI learning about the Cubist movement. While the traditional Cubism style was created by an impaired view of two-dimensional forms, what unique methods did Rivera use to put his own influence in Cubism? A) Sand B) Rice C) Sawdust D) Rice and Sand E) Sand and Sawdust

Q: During the years [|1932 and 1933], which American icons did Diego Rivera paint murals for?

Q: In Rivera’s 1933 mural [|“Man at the Crossroads”] the benefactors became enraged with the painting when they saw the portrait of __leading the march. When Rivera refused to alter the painting, it was destroyed.  Q: Which [|Mexican president] commissioned Rivera to begin the murals for the National Palace? A) José Clemente Orozco B) Emilio Portes Gil C) Lázaro Cárdenas <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">D) David Alfaro Siqueiros

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">Style of Diego Rivera:
<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">By: Nicole Navaille

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">Q: Diego Rivera [|experimented] with various styles and techniques, and emulated old masters such as <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">A) Raphael <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">B) Leonardo da Vinci <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">C) El Greco <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">D) Michelangelo

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">Q: According to this [|Diego Rivera Biography] Rivera worked in a style inspired by artists such as Paul Cézanne, Georges Seurat, and Henri Matisse.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">Q: This [|website] discusses Diego Rivera as an artist, while this [|website] displays many of his paintings. Two defining characteristics of Rivera's developed style are mentioned in the article in the first link and evident in the paintings seen in the second link. What are the two characteristics?

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<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">Contemporary Western Artists
<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">By: Maria Lorena Aroche

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<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">Refer to Mark Sublette Medicine Man Gallery website for the following questions.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">Q: Emil Bisttram one of Diego Rivera’s contemporary western artists was born in what country? <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">Q: Where did his family migrate to?

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">Q: What is the relationship that Diego Rivera and Emil Bisttram have?

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">Q: Emil Bisttram co-founded what Association?

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">Q: Who met Diego Rivera at the Palacio Municipal by chance after an evening ballet with his wife?

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">A) Shintaro Takeda <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">B) Ettore DeGarzia <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">C) Sullivan Gross

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">By: Catherine Mauldin
<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">Q: In what year did Diego Rivera change the course of American art and get to paint his first two [|American commissions]?

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">A) 1940 <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">B) 1958 <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">C) 1886 <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">D) 1930

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">Q: After Rivera’s mural was destroyed at [|Rockefeller Center], where did he later repaint it?

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">A) Rockefeller Center <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">B) Detroit Institute of Arts <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">C) California School of Fine Arts <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">D) Palace of Fine Arts

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">Q: According to the [|National Gallery of Art], about when did Rivera become friends with Pablo Picasso who influenced his art?

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">A) 1934 <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">B) 1972 <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">C) 1914 <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">D) 1910

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">Family Life
<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">By: Brittany Wentlandt

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">Q: Because the young artistenjoyed drawing on the walls and furniture in the house, his father built him...

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">A) a treehouse <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">B) a small house of his own <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">C) wheel- around toys to keep him occupied <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">D) a canvas-covered studio <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">Q: When Diego's father realized that his son's art careerwasn't going anywhere, he helped him win a...................., awarded by Governor of the Province of Veracruz, so he could ...........

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">A) boat; study abroad <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">B) scholarship; study abroad <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">C) boat; stay home <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">D) scholarship; stay home

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">Q: A few years before his death, Diego married his art dealer, ...................