Word: muralism
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...graphics magazine has awarded a Certificate of Design Excellence to President Bok and officials of Harvard College in recognition of the Pusey Library Mural "Renaissance Constructed Capitals...
Print Casebook 2 cited the calligraphic design of the mural, which is located in the middle-level corridor linking the Pusey Library with the Widener stack, as "evocative of the tradition of literature and history which the library represents...
...factory, the camera returns to the philosopher's statue, suggesting that little has changed, that these idealists will never put their dreams into effect. Only their hope for a future world will sustain them. And a shot of Jonah in 1980, a small boy scribbling on a now-faded mural of the lunatic group, confirms that hope--he turns an impish smile to the camera, his rosy cheeks promising that somehow the future may be different...
Earlier, visiting the National Museum of Anthropology, Mrs. Carter showed knowledge of pre-Hispanic culture-and a ready sense of humor. Pointing to an Indian mural that included a figure with circles issuing from its mouth, Museum Director Dr. Ignacio Bernal jokingly explained, "We call him the politician-the circles represent speech." "Oh," said Rosalynn. "You know, when Jimmy is talking too long, I often look for a signal to give him to stop. Maybe this is what I'm looking...
What one notices most in this exhibit, however, isn't the effortless yet amazing technique. The total mastery of the tools of mural expression, that changes these paintings into calligraphic poetry, drama, dance, music, is only secondary...