Mural

rejected the positivist philosophy of the followers of the dictator, Porfirio Diaz. This group’s search for national identity led them to embody indigenous themes in their artwork. Herran’s mural, Our Gods (1918 Mexico), uses the syncretism of Aztec and Spanish cultures to create a…

hidden mural at Mission Dolores is an important artifact with regard to the nexus between the Ohline people and the Spanish settlers of San Francisco. Hidden murals were painting on the interior wall of the church. Not only it was decorative, but it also shows vital devotional function from worshipers. The mural is very meaning for Ohline people and the Spanish settlers of San Francisco. As we know, the first wall painting in San Francisco is also the first one in California. The mural was…

among the victimized communities. To fight the world’s ignorance and provide a means of outreach, artists branched out into non-traditional mediums such as street art to force attentiveness to the Aids crisis. Graffiti artist Keith Haring’s “Untitled” murals and graffiti deserve recognition as…

wife went with me and we were seated in the balcony. The stage was pretty plain; only one piano and a few musical stands decorated it. A wall of acoustical tiles filled one side of the theatre. The other side had remnants of an old beautiful mural. murals My wife and I discussed the…

The ‘Woman of the West’ Tapestry Mural that is displayed in a prime location within the Bland Shire Council, was a project of the Bland Spinners and Weavers group for Australia’s Bicentennial Year in 1988. To celebrate that, it was felt by the group that the chosen poem Women of the West, as written by George E. Evans, depicts the early rural spirit and reality for many pioneer women. The handspun, hand-dyed and hand-woven wall hanging is 252cm x 228cm and was presented to the…

Wadsworth Athenaeum; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; and The California Afro-American Museum. Which including 120 paintings, drawings, murals, and sculptors. Some of his work included was The Upper Room, Dying Solider, and Jubilee: Ghana Harvest Festival. Before his retirement in 1983, Biggers left a fifty-foot mural in the student center for Texas Southern University. The mural depicts the progression of birth, death, and the continuity of…

Diego Rivera was a Mexican painter, and he was largely based on the historical roots of Mexico. He had many great contributions to American societies during the beginning half of the twentieth century. Rivera’s main goal was for his art to revolutionize the world. Rivera was always a very radical person, and it reflected in his art; at the peak of Rivera’s art career he was caught in the middle of a revolution of politics and technology, which made his views in support of communism and…

Mesoamerica's cilvilzation included the cultivation or corn, the building of pyramids, a 260-day ritual calendar, similiar deities, an important ritual ball game, and a belief in the role of human blood iinstaining the gods and the universe. The Aztecs (the most powerful culture in the region) collected and admired jad sculptures by the Olmec. When the Aztecs arrived to Teotihuacan it was abadoned, and they viewed the city as a sacred site where the gods had created the universe. They are who…

process. Jose Vasconcelos, a prominent intellectual chosen by President Obregon, was put to help form a new Ministry of Public Education in 1920. Vasconcelos, then, assembled a group of painters who would put together monumental murals on and in public buildings. These murals had an educative and communal purpose, paying homage to Mexico’s indigenous traditions and history, recounting the struggles of the people since the 16th century when the Spanish colonized Mexico, and representing the…

The connections created with Henry and Rosie reinforced in me the value of listening and communicating. I arrived to the camp without many personal connections and left the experience with many new friends. The mural project provided me with the opportunity to teach volunteers of various artistic abilities, which in turn taught me how to handle difficult situations and how to problem solve. These experiences helped make me a better person and more prepared for…