Mural

Wall Label This painting was complete in mid-June in the year 1937 in time to be featured in France’s World Fair, after the bombing of the town Guernica in Spain on April 26 of that same year.i Pablo Picasso was known not to be very involved with politics in till the takeover of Spain by Socialists and Communist groups in 1936. This takeover lead to many revolts that resulted in the bombing of the town of Guernica. Picasso having been born and raised in Spain felt great pain when hearing about…

Teotihuacan was the dominant civilisation of Mesoamerica in the 5th century. The origin, history and culture of Teotihuacan have been vast and abstruse areas of research, which rely decisively on masses of evidence found at the site of pyramids, temples and neighbourhoods in a sub-valley inside the Valley of Mexico. Since the earliest excavations of Carlos de Sigüenza y Góngora in the 17th century, the nature of Teotihuacanos society has been a persisting mystery however, through the utilisation…

San Diego Museum of Man focuses on the anthropology providing cross-cultural perspective through exhibitions, education, and research. The museum is located in iconic California Building which combines Baroque, Plateresque, and Churrigueresque influences in a unique Spanish-colonial facade. The building itself with the details and colors referring to Mexican culture suggests the topics of exhibitions inside. Passing the door of main entrance, I went to the hall that lead to different exhibitions…

Ever since I was young, my parents encouraged me to pursue a degree in higher education. This insistence meant that the movement from high school to college was a given, not a concept to attempt, rather a grounded inevitability. It was an experience wrapped in certainty and all through grade school (in a wealthy, white, suburb) I appreciated it as it was. It was not until much later in my life that I realized a college degree was a privilege I had, rather than a given. Once this self-efficacy…

Early this year, my grandmother became very ill and required around the clock attention. My family and I wanted to make sure she was taken care of physically, but we also wanted to make sure her meals were healthy and nutritious. Through word of mouth, I heard about the Meals on Wheels program that just happened to be in my county. I contacted the site manager and the next day, the agency started to deliver meals to my grandmother’s home. We were so grateful because we could concentrate on other…

In the midst of a new era of development in Chicago, the firm Loebl, Schlossman & Bennett was commissioned to reconstruct the Loop Synagogue in 1957 (Figure 1) after the original building was lost to a fire. In order to reflect modern industrial life and provide a functional space within the transitioning city, the synagogue was designed to incorporate contemporary aspects in both the exterior and interior of the building, which is expressed through the materials and the layout. Additionally,…

city, you may see colorful splashes breaking the tan surfaces of the buildings. Some of the colors seem to spell out obscenities, while others look like art. A picture taken by Tom Fox for the Dallas News called “Deep Ellum Art” showcases this art. A mural of two hands and cacti and black and white outlines of people are shown through the shadow of a fence. These commissioned, legal “graffiti” works, range from elephants to a Texas flag. However, if you looked around your city and saw a spray…

Baroque, “derived from the Portuguese word barroco, meaning oddly shaped pearl,” was a period beginning at about 1600 and ending at approximately 1750. The Baroque was a reformation of both the art and architectural worlds, being that the focus turned to a more exaggerated, clear, and easily interpreted view of artistic pieces. The Baroque started in Rome around 1600 and before it ended, it had spread all across the European continent. The style that the Baroque brought to Europe was…

Robertson thoroughly brings to life the story of John Cooke. John Cooke, a man who dared to embrace the prosecution of Charles I. Ironically John Cooke himself would be tried for treason when Charles II rises to power. Robertson paints a very vivid mural of facts that implicitly reveals the extent of research that was dedicated into The Tyrannicide Brief. Despite the phenomenal storytelling by Robertson, it is worth questioning whether Robertson wrote The Tyrannicide Brief with bias. Gruesome…

Mexican-Americans were beginning to realize their potential and the effects they had in the community and began to take advantage of it - retaliation. Retaliation of the people who used them for entertainment and aesthetics, and turned it against them with murals and fiestas that expressed how they felt politically and socially. Which I’ll actually discuss this topic more in depth and the use of public space in the next…