Word: olimpico
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Having mastered the secrets of mural painting to his satisfaction, he does not mean to rest. Among his unfinished projects is a 54-panel March of Humanity to be installed in the Olimpico Hotel, scheduled for completion at the time of the 1968 Summer Olympics. Since the March covers 48,000 sq. ft., it will be the world's largest mural. To Siqueiros, that is only as it should be. Says he proudly: "Mexican muralism is being reconsidered and recognized all over the world. It is not a nationalist movement, but a transcendental...
...helicoptic view, swooping over the dome of St. Peter's, then briefly darts away to Greece to catch the sun's rays igniting the traditional torch through a burning glass at Olympia. Soon some 5,000 athletes from 85 nations parade through Rome to the vast Stadio Olimpico. The flame arrives, the Olympic flag is hoisted, and a battery of pigeons soars skyward...
...also see a scale drawing of Italy's first permanent theatre, the Teatro Olimpico in vicenza, designed by Palladio in the 1580's and much copied throughout Europe. France's first theatre, of a tennis-court shape, in the Hotel de Bourgogne (1548) is also on view...