Comments on: It’s Sunday, Have Some Videos http://theangryblackwoman.com/2009/09/06/its-sunday-have-some-videos/ Race, Politics, Gender, Sexuality, Anger Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:33:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Julie http://theangryblackwoman.com/2009/09/06/its-sunday-have-some-videos/comment-page-1/#comment-22985 Julie Wed, 16 Sep 2009 07:07:45 +0000 http://theangryblackwoman.com/?p=1129#comment-22985 Glenn Beck is actually almost onto something with this, but the segment does come across more like a jumbled search engine result page than an actual structured, informative argument. The image on the screen behind him in the end is from a mural that isn't in Rockefeller Center at all - Diego Rivera wanted to include political imagery that was deemed too controversial, so the mural wasn't completed. http://www.diego-rivera.org/rockefellercontroversy.html Rivera did however complete a stunning mural in the courtyard of the Detroit Institue of Arts glorifying agriculture, industry, technology, and above all, working people. Even these were a little too communist for some people at the time, but now they're the crown jewel of the DIA collection, and certainly the most impressive Rivera work outside of Mexico. http://www.dia.org/education/rivera/infoidx.htm The history of art and architecture is a beautiful thing, but not when weilded out of context by the ignorant to further their superstitious, ill-researched ramblings. Glenn Beck is actually almost onto something with this, but the segment does come across more like a jumbled search engine result page than an actual structured, informative argument. The image on the screen behind him in the end is from a mural that isn’t in Rockefeller Center at all – Diego Rivera wanted to include political imagery that was deemed too controversial, so the mural wasn’t completed.

http://www.diego-rivera.org/rockefellercontroversy.html

Rivera did however complete a stunning mural in the courtyard of the Detroit Institue of Arts glorifying agriculture, industry, technology, and above all, working people. Even these were a little too communist for some people at the time, but now they’re the crown jewel of the DIA collection, and certainly the most impressive Rivera work outside of Mexico.

http://www.dia.org/education/rivera/infoidx.htm

The history of art and architecture is a beautiful thing, but not when weilded out of context by the ignorant to further their superstitious, ill-researched ramblings.

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