Question

Man at the Crossroads by Diego Rivera. A man in the center holds an orb with wing-like structures behind him. Two glass magnifiers are on both sides of the wings. The top left corner has a crowd in gas masks. The top right corner has a crowd gasping. The bottom left and right corners have people sitting and looking at the man. Trees grow underneath the wings.

To the right and left sides of the man in this painting are representations of different political ideals. ___________ is represented in the images to the right of the man and ___________ is represented in the images to the left of the man.

a.

Socialism; Democracy


b.

Communism; Capitalism


c.

Democracy; Capitalism


d.
Marxism; Socialism

Answer 1

b. Communism; Capitalism

Step-by-step explanation:

Diego Rivera was a Mexican painter who was very openly communistic. The painting in question obviously shows man torn between capitalistic movement and politics, and communist movement and politics.

We can see on the right side famous communists, like Lenin, Engles, Trotsky, and Marx. The workers are fighting and there is a famous red flag symbolizing communism.

On the left, figures of Charles Darwin and John Rockefeller, Jr can be recognized. Women are playing cards, people are smoking, the police are beating people and the army is advancing carrying fas masks. Because of this portray of capitalism, the painting was called anti-capitalist propaganda and was ordered to be destroyed.