Burton Callicott's mural titled Conflict with the Indians depicts invading Spaniards and the Indians and their battle. Callicott created this mural in February 1934 showing De Soto’s exploration of West Tennessee . Conflict with the Indiansis is located at the Pink Palace in Memphis, Tennessee, and the mural was restored in 1995. The mural is a made with oil paints color which are mixed, and the Callicott originally wanted the mural to be fresco, but the committee wanted it on a canvas so it could be transported if needed be. The Conflict with the Indians is one of three murals placed above a staircase in the museum, and it located to the far left of the three murals hanging on the wall. Callicott brings a battle to the viewer showing a growing struggle
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The colors for the main focal point in the mural are light emphasizing light tones and shades on the white settlers and light brown smoothness on the Indians. However, The background is a more heavy and darker compared the realistically done humans in a conflicting battle. The white settlers are detailed with a cream color for their skin, while their hair is dark brown and given tent of black for some dimension and contrast. Also on the white settlers, their armor is shaded with silver and white for the top portion and their weapons, but at the bottom they are given a brown is tone matching the Indian’s skin and also the animals. The brown on the Native Americans possibly depicts the intention of putting them in the same worth level as the animals and clothing of the white settlers. The use of lines directs the viewers eye in a zig-zag pattern to see the entire piece. The background as light and dark green emphasizes that it is in a natural environment most likely meaning it is grass. This contrast from the foreground and background helps keep the mural from being to distracting and busy for the
The colors for the main focal point in the mural are light emphasizing light tones and shades on the white settlers and light brown smoothness on the Indians. However, The background is a more heavy and darker compared the realistically done humans in a conflicting battle. The white settlers are detailed with a cream color for their skin, while their hair is dark brown and given tent of black for some dimension and contrast. Also on the white settlers, their armor is shaded with silver and white for the top portion and their weapons, but at the bottom they are given a brown is tone matching the Indian’s skin and also the animals. The brown on the Native Americans possibly depicts the intention of putting them in the same worth level as the animals and clothing of the white settlers. The use of lines directs the viewers eye in a zig-zag pattern to see the entire piece. The background as light and dark green emphasizes that it is in a natural environment most likely meaning it is grass. This contrast from the foreground and background helps keep the mural from being to distracting and busy for the