arts analysis

ARTS 1A: Spotlight on Technique 7

Mural Painting

Watch the video, “Judy Baca: Danza de la Tierra Mural for the Latino Cultural Center in Dallas, Texas” and address the following questions in your notebook:

1. What is the purpose of drawing “ellipses” at the beginning of the rendering process?

2. In Danza de la Tierra, the ellipses are replicated in the perceived movement of

which object?

3. For this project, the Board of Directors of the Latino Cultural Center in Dallas asked Judy Baca and her team to incorporate references to local architecture. Where did the team find a photograph of the city’s old aqueduct?

https://youtu.be/lmtaWouMGbI