Murals

“A DETAILED HISTORY AND CRITIQUE OS THE MURALS LOCATED IN THE AGUASCALIENTES STATE GOVERMENT PALACE, THE AGUASCALIENTES STATE LEGISLATURE PALACE AND THE UNIVERSITY DEL VALLE DE MEXICO, CAMPUS AGUASCALIENTES”
2ND MIDTERM PROJECT



Campus Aguascalientes


Date: 25th of October 2012.

9th Semester

Teacher: Lic. Alec McCurry

“A DITAILED HISTORY AND CRITIQUE OF SOME OFTHE MURALS LOCATED IN THE AGUASCALIENTES STATE”

* The Murals located on the walls surrounding the central patio of the Aguascalientes State Government Palace.

* The “Emblema de una Década” Mural located on the University del Valle de México, Aguascalientes Campus.

* The Murals located on the walls of the main entry hall of the Aguascalientes State Legislature Palace.Carolina González y Daniel Díaz.
1. The murals located on the walls surrounding the central patio of the Aguascalientes State Government Palace.
These murals are located in the south part of Patria Square, is the only civil edification of the XVII Century that still remains.
This complex used to be rich mansion and has a beautiful façade of red “tezontle”, balconies and blazons in pink quarrystone. Inside one hundred and eleven semicircular arches create a beautiful complex in it two patios adorned with beautiful murals, work of art of the Chilean master Oswald Barra Cunningham that tells part of the history of the city.

* Mural number one “Aguascalientes in History”

The name of the artist who created the artwork is Oswaldo Barra Cuninngham, this is a mural named“Aguascalientes en la Historia” It was created from 1961 to 1992. Some other major events in history that occurred at the same time this artwork was created like the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City, Mexico. Only ten days before the 1968 Olympic Games were to open, the Mexican army surrounded a group of students who were

protesting against the Mexican government at the Plaza of Three Cultures and opened fireinto the crowd. It is estimated that 267 were killed and over 1,000 were wounded.
The literal objects in the painting (trees, people, animals, mountains, rivers, etc.)

* Farmers
* Torches
* Knife
* People of high rank
* Miguel Hidalgo
* Benito Juarez
* Maize field
* 2 Rich seminude woman
* The mountains
* The clouds
* Indigenes
* Jose MariaMorelos
* Slaves
* Papers
* 1 charro
* Money

When I saw the mural the first time, I looked the fire, because for me it is the principal attraction that called my attention.
The colors I see are:
* red
* black
* yellow
* brown
* white
* blue
* gray
* green

In these murals I see different types of shapes like circles, squares, triangles, andthe edges are strong and some of them are more lighten, this moral doesn’t have lines and the textures I can notice are rough textures in the corns, softly textures in their clothes, bumpy textures in the mountains landscape, and the women’s in the center have silky textures in their hairs.
The clothes of the people have a cotton texture. The clouds have a softly texture. The papers show a roughtexture. I think that the time that is trying to show is at night, like 8 pm because the painting shows red colors surrounding the paint. Also the fire is more attractive at night.
The overall visual effect or mood of the work is: Fear, Freedom, Fight, War Suffering, Injustice, Jealousy, Power and Courage.

II. Analyze
The artist uses the colors very intensity to express what is happening inthe work of art. These colors help the artwork to be more attractive and make stronger emotions for the people that appreciate the work of art. He use regular shapes because he wants to show real shapes of the people and things in the scene, and he also highlights this shapes whit the natural color so he create a natural scene of the work of art. The lines are used in a minimum part of the...