Word: walls
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Rubenstein employed the "true fresco" technique for the murals, a method used by the great Italian masters of the Renaissance. In this style the painting is done directly on the damp, freshly plastered wall. Since the plaster remains damp only for about fourteen hours, the artist must work quickly and must plan his work carefully day by day. He must plaster only as large an area as he can complete in a single day's work. The pigment employed in the "true fresco" technique is mixed with slaked lime and water, while the retouching of the various seams made...
...North Wall...
...theme of the north wall is derived from the ancient Niebelung Legend and is symbolic of greed for power and its resultant oppression of humanity. The lunette above the door represents the cavern of Niebelheim. The dwarfs who inhabit this underground region are working to create the destructive wealth of the world, symbolized in the legend by the Ring forged from the Rhine gold, for their ruler, Alberich, who is lashing them on to greater labors...
...East Wall...
...subject depicted on the east wall is taken from the Norse legend, the "Ragnarok," the Doom of the Gods. The story is a very old one, taken from the "Elder Edda," as Icelandic tale of the Middle Ages...