Man at the Crossroads (Man, Controller of the Universe)
Remake of the Rockefeller Center fresco destroyed over Lenin's portrait, muralism's great scandal
- Author
- Diego Rivera
- Style
- Mexican muralism — A nation's history painted on public walls: art for the people, not the salon
- Century
- 20th century
Made around the same time (±30 years)
- 1931 The Persistence of Memory — Salvador Dalí · Surrealism · Portlligat, Catalonia
- 1928–1930 Chrysler Building — William Van Alen · Art Deco · New York
- 1928–1931 Villa Savoye — Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret · Modern architecture (International Style) · Poissy, near Paris
- 1922–1931 Christ the Redeemer — Paul Landowski, Heitor da Silva Costa · Art Deco · Corcovado, Rio de Janeiro
- 1915 Black Square — Kazimir Malevich · Russian avant-garde · Moscow
- 1959–1973 Sydney Opera House — Jørn Utzon · Modern architecture (International Style) · Sydney
- 1907–1908 The Kiss — Gustav Klimt · Art Nouveau · Vienna
- 1907 Les Demoiselles d'Avignon — Pablo Picasso · Cubism · Paris, Bateau-Lavoir
What was happening in the world
- 1919 Treaty of Versailles
- 1928 Discovery of penicillin
- 1929 Wall Street Crash and the Great Depression
- 1929–1933 Collectivization in the Soviet Union
- 1933 Hitler comes to power
- 1936–1938 Great Purge