Frida Kahlo - TED-Ed (BrainPOP)

How were Frida Kahlo's paintings similar to those of the Surrealists?

• They both focused on gender identity

• They both promoted socialist politics

• They both contained dreamlike imagery

• They both featured abstract designs

What led Kahlo to support the rights of poor laborers?

• The fact that her father was a migrant laborer

• Her experiences in Mexico City during the Mexican Revolution

• Her marriage to Communist painter Diego Rivera

• The time she spent working as a laborer during the 1920s

What is the relationship between Kahlo's paintings and European art?

• She often incorporated portraits of European kings into her work

• Like much European art, her paintings were sponsored by the Catholic church.

• The human figures she painted were similar to classical statues

• Her work often reinterpreted themes found in European art

Which feature appears in virtually all of Frida Kahlo's self-portraits?

• a monkey

• a moustache

• a knife

• a heart

Which term applies to both Frida Kahlo's paintings and traditional Mexican art?

• colorful

• surrealistic

• literal

• feminist

Kahlo's paintings explore her turbulent marriage to Diego Rivera. What does "turbulent" mean?

• artistically inclined

• peaceful and extremely loving

• filled with dramatic ups and downs

• very politically conscious

Place the following events in sequence: A) Kahlo is hurt in a bus accident; B) Kahlo witnesses the Mexican Revolution; C) Kahlo begins painting

• C, B, A

• B, C, A

• B, A, C

• A, B, C

What significance did Kahlo's injuries have on her life?

• They didn't really affect her after she began using a wheelchair

• They had a profound effect on her body and mind

• They were an obstacle that she was never able to overcome

• They prevented her from learning proper artist techniques

Kahlo's injuries were clearly very painful for her, but how were they also a blessing?

• They allowed her to receive financial assistance from the government

• The emotions that they caused led her to create great art

• Diego Rivera would not have married her if she hadn't been injured

• They enabled her to get into art school

Kahlo's paintings most frequently depicted:

• herself

• Diego Rivera

• Mexican peasants

• animals