Self-study
P1
Painter Frida Kahlo (1910–1954) often used harrowing images derived from her Mexican heritage to express suffering caused by a disabling accident and a stormy marriage. ██████████ ████ ████████ ███ █████████ ████████ ███ ████████████ ██ ████ █████████████████████ ████ ████████████ ███████████████ █████ █████ █████████ ███████ ███ ████ ████ ████████ ███ █████ ███ ██ ██████ █████████ ████████ ███ ██ ███ ███ ██████ ███ ████ ██ ███████ ███ ███ ██████ ███ ████ ██ ████████ ████████ ████████ ███ ██ ███████████ █████████ ███ ████████ █████████
Intro topic ·
Political content of Kahlo's paintings
Personal and emotional content of her paintings have been studied. But Kahlo used art to express political ideas, too.
P2
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Kahlo's influences ·
Marxism and Mexican nationalism
Mexican nationalism identified the Aztecs as the last independent indigenous rulers of Mexico.
Kahlo's art ·
Mexicanidad: romantic nationalism revering the Aztecs and their communal labor
P3
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Elaborate on Kahlo's art ·
Used Aztec symbols to represent Mexican struggle to emerge as nation
Example ·
Self-Portrait combined Aztec symbols and modern images associatd with the United States
(Come back to this part for details on specific symbols and images used.)
P4
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More about Kahlo's art ·
Highlighted clash between materialism and indigenous tradition; art was accessible
Passage Style
Single position
Spotlight
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a
dreamy and escapist
This isn’t a good substitute, because there’s nothing in the sentence containing or before “romantic nationalism” that suggests Kahlo wanted to “escape” or that her feelings about her country were “dreamy.”
b
nostalgic and idealistic
This is the best answer. “Nostalgic” and “idealistic” fits because her nationalism
c
fanciful and imaginative
There’s no evidence that Kahlo’s nationalism was “fanciful” or “imaginative,” because this suggests that her nationalism was unrealistic. But the surrounding context doesn’t show that Kahlo’s view was something that was impossible to achieve.
d
transcendental and impractical
The surrounding context doesn’t suggest that Kahlo’s nationalism was “impractical.” The author doesn’t comment on whether there was anything unrealistic or unachievable about the view that society should be more like the Marxist ideal.
e
overwrought and sentimental
This tries to tempt you based on the word “romantic” (as in a romantic movie). But the surrounding context doesn’t indicate that Kahlo’s nationalism was “overwrought” (meaning overwrought or complicated).