Deciding on a research topic was fortunately  not complicated process for me. One class we had a discussion about the question of public art and the politics that encircle it and i thought it extremely fascinating. I also whenever analyzing poetry or art I always believe that the historical events of the time and the ideologies of the artist play a huge role in the themes and ideas in the work. So I came up with a topic that was able to combine all three  aspects that I find interesting; politics, history, and the artist’s background information. The next step was finding a piece that I would be able to discuss these topic with, and I landed on Man at the Crossroads by Diego Rivera. So my research topic is about the politics of art, in terms of subject matter, which is very dependent on the ruling ideologies and history of the time, and the politics of the commissioner  that allow or don’t allow for that art to be displayed.