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Murals at Beatriz de la Fuente Teotihuacán Murals Museum

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Elaborate murals once tattooed the walls of thousands of residential complexes across ancient Teotihuacán. Today, many of them live in an unassuming museum within the archaeological site: The Beatriz de la Fuente Teotihuacán Murals Museum. Named after Mexican art historian Beatriz Ramírez de la Fuente, the museum houses over fifty millennia-old murals along with several artifacts recovered from on-site temples and palaces.

Mural at the Museum

Lighted Mural at the Museum

Colorful Mural at the Museum

 

Green Bird Procession Mural

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Among the four polychrome boards at Teotihuacan, near Mexico City, the most prominent mural features green and white feathered birds standing in procession. Likely a depiction of a parrot or macaw with its open, curved beak, it sits above a bent band.

Green Bird Mural

Green Bird Mural Sign

Restoring Murals at Teotihuacan

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The Tetitla compound, located in the Teotihuacan Archaeological Zone outside Mexico City, is renowned for its magnificent pre-Spanish murals, dating back to between 600 and 700 A.D. Restorers from the National Institute of Anthropology and History have undertaken this work.

The conservation work has thus far focused on 8 of the 16 murals, which are in particularly damaged condition from the constant battering of sun, wind, dust, moisture, and all-around hard living.

Restoring Murals

Abstract Mural

Murals in the Corner

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There are three types of Teotihuacan murals: religious, nature, and culture. They depicted daily life and spiritual activities, especially regarding the Great Goddess of Teotihuacan, who served as the patron of the city. They illustrated the civilization’s emphasis and respect for nature and animals.

Two restored murals in the corner at Teotihuacan.

Murals in the Corner

Restored Murals at Teotihuacan

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The Teotihuacan Archaeological Zone, located outside Mexico City, is renowned for its magnificent pre-Spanish murals, which date back to between 600 and 700 A.D. Restoring these murals was no easy task. Not only did restorers have to repair pigment lost from layer erosion and humidity-generated salinization, but they had to combat structural problems in the buildings themselves. They could hardly repair a mural while the ceiling was leaking and the floor eroding.

Restored Mural

Partly Restored Mural

Impressive Mural

Art on the Walls

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These are but a few of the subjects that cover the walls of Mexico City’s Secretaría de Educación Pública (SEP). This federal government building houses the Ministry of Public Education. The enormous mural cycle celebrates Mexico: its festivals, industries, and people in over 100 panels artistically.

Colorful Scene

Urban Scene

Sitting

Diego Rivera Murals

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These murals, at the federal government building that houses the Ministry of Public Education,  were painted from 1923 to 1928, primarily by Diego Rivera. Many consider the murals to be the foundational work that established the aesthetic of the Mexican Mural Renaissance.

In The Liberation of the Peon, Rivera draws on imagery of Christ’s martyrdom. Here, he links the worker (a farmer) to the martyred form of Christ to glorify him.

The Liberation of the Peon

Leaving the Mine depicts a worker being searched upon exiting the mine at the end of his workday. He is cloaked in white, and his extended arms resemble the crucified Christ.

Leaving the Mine

Labor Movement

Diego Rivera Mural

Colorful Mosaics by Zagar

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Isaiah Zagar is an award-winning mosaic mural artist whose work can be found on more than 200 public walls throughout the city of Philadelphia and around the world. These mosaics will never be confused with intricate medieval mosaics found in places like the Basilica of Notre Dame in Lyon, France, but they are captivating in their own right, not the least of which are the sheer volume and unusual compilation of materials. The mosaics are composed of tiles, mirrors, colorful glass bottles of every shape and size, ceramic coffee mugs, plates, silverware, bicycle tire rims, broken cookery, and a myriad of other items typically found at flea markets, antique shops or junkyards. 

Colorful Mosaic

Decorative Walls

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There are two styles of mosaics in Philadelphia: ornate, Italian-inspired work using small squares of colored glass called smalti, and the colorful works of Isaiah Zagar, the artist behind hundreds of Philly mosaic murals and Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens. Mosaic artwork on walls by simple entrances are eye-catching indeed.

Relief Mosaic Between Doors
Decorating a Wall

Mosaic Mural on a Philadelphia Street

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On a recent visit to Philadelphia, PA we saw amazing mosaic murals on the streets and side alleys in the south side of the city.

Eliza Kirkbride School has a mosaic mural that adorns the front of their school. Kirkbride students worked with COSACOSA art at large, Inc. to produce the mural, titled “Philadelphia: Love & Liberty.” COSACOSA is a non-profit organization that engages people of differing backgrounds to work together toward a common goal through participatory art-making.

The artwork celebrates both Philadelphia’s role in the founding of the nation and the hopes of its youth. Students investigated connections among the ideals expressed in our nation’s founding documents and immigrant stories from their families, their school, and their neighborhood. Kirkbride students represent more than 30 different ethnicities, and many are new immigrants. 

Philadelphia Love and Liberty