The Dartmouth College murals

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The Dartmouth College murals are a series of powerful frescoes by Mexican muralist José Clemente Orozco that depict the complex history of the Americas, blending indigenous, colonial, and modern themes on the walls of Dartmouth College’s Baker Library.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fresco ⓘ
mural cycle ⓘ
artForm fresco painting ⓘ
artMovement Mexican muralism ⓘ
commissionedBy Dartmouth College ⓘ
completionDate 1934 ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
creator José Clemente Orozco ⓘ
culturalContext interwar period ⓘ
post–Mexican Revolution art ⓘ
depicts European colonization of the Americas ⓘ
conflict between tradition and modernity ⓘ
history of the Americas ⓘ
indigenous cultures of the Americas ⓘ
modern industrial society ⓘ
religious symbolism ⓘ
revolutionary struggle ⓘ
genre historical painting ⓘ
political art ⓘ
hasPart The Epic of American Civilization ⓘ
hasSubject Quetzalcoatl ⓘ
indigenous figures ⓘ
industrial workers ⓘ
machines and factories ⓘ
soldiers ⓘ
students and professors ⓘ
heritageDesignation National Historic Landmark–associated artwork ⓘ
inception 1932 ⓘ
influencedBy European modernism ⓘ
Mexican Revolution ⓘ
pre-Columbian mythology ⓘ
languageOfVisualElements symbolic imagery ⓘ
location Baker Library ⓘ
linked to: Baker-Berry Library

Dartmouth College ⓘ
Hanover, New Hampshire ⓘ
materialUsed pigment on wet plaster ⓘ
notableWork panel "Anglo-America" ⓘ
panel "Gods of the Modern World" ⓘ
panel "Hispano-America" ⓘ
linked to: Spanish America

panel "The Departure of Quetzalcoatl" ⓘ
panel "The Return of Quetzalcoatl" ⓘ
partOf Baker-Berry Library ⓘ
significantArtist José Clemente Orozco ⓘ
significantPlace Reserve Corridor of Baker Library ⓘ
linked to: Baker Library
theme critique of academic institutions ⓘ
critique of war and violence ⓘ
interaction of indigenous and European civilizations ⓘ
myth and history in the Americas ⓘ
rise of mechanized modernity ⓘ

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