Word: muralism
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...because of its great glass and steel bulk as because of a series of brilliant mosaics which run like a bright tapestry over vast expanses of the exterior walls. On the building's north façade the mosaics soar to a ten-story climax where a great mural in reds, yellows and greens covers 4,800 sq. ft. In the center is a figure symbolizing La Patria, a woman dressed in Indian costume; above her is a Mexican eagle flanked by representations of Revolutionist Emiliano Zapata and Aztec Emperor...
...charming and nonabstract. In an odd corner he painted a thoroughly representational bloomer girl, to remind Jean of his bachelor days. In the bedroom he put a nude, and in the kitchen, still lifes of fish and fowl. In the living room the master did a ten-ft. allegorical mural in which Huguette Ramie is a medieval lady waving to Jean, a knight in shining armor...
...policies, and joined the strong anti-Shivers tide in the traditionally orthodox urban centers. The leader of the main-trunk Democrats continues to be ex-Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn, long a major power in Texas politics. When the state lost its National Committeeman because of the intra-mural feud, Rayburn represented Texas to the Committee. Representing the National Committee in the state is young D. B. Hardeman, who along with Maury Maverick, Jr. and Jim Sewall forms the nucleus of a group of liberal young Democrats, who, according to seasoned political observers, are the rising powers...
...largest paintings of modern times was the gigantic mural done by the late Raoul Dufy for the pavilion of electricity at the 1937 International Exposition in Paris. The finished work, depicting the history and importance of electricity from the earliest philosophers to the 20th century, was 197 feet wide and 33 feet high. Dufy christened it La Fée Electricité (The Fairy Electricity...
After the exposition closed, Dufy's mural, too big for 3 exhibition, was stored away from public view in 250 sections. The artist, who considered La Fée Electricité one of his masterpieces, worried over its neglect, and sought some way to keep his gigantic work on view. The answer was provided by a Paris publisher, who proposed that Dufy reproduce the mural as a color lithograph. Dufy set to work in 1951 and, shortly before his death in March 1953, completed the most ambitious lithography project ever undertaken: three feet high by 20 wide, done...