'La conquête de l'énergie" par José Chávez Morado ville universitaire à l'UNAM (Université nationale autonome du Mexique). La ville de Mexico, Mexique, juin 2019
5905 x 3982 px | 50 x 33,7 cm | 19,7 x 13,3 inches | 300dpi
Date de la prise de vue:
13 juin 2019
Lieu:
UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico
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José Chávez Morado (1909 – 2002) was a Mexican artist who was associated with the Mexican muralism movement of the 20th century. Starting in 1952, he created three murals at the University City called El regreso de Quetzalcóatl (The return of Quetzalcoatl), La conquista de la energía (The conquest of energy - pictured) and La ciencia y el trabajo (Science and work). Source: Wikipedia --- "According to Ortiz “this scene speaks of when the man was ignorant, was vulnerable to the attacks of these animals, and that is why death is also upon them spreading his arms. It speaks to us, of a stage of ignorance of darkness and fear ”. The men take the fire from a bonfire, move forward with him in their hands, get up, stand up and are moving forward until they reach a new era. “Below is a sick man, a man who is helpless and helped by the energy that is represented by a woman; and in the last scene on the right once she fulfilled the mission of healing the man, of restoring it she vanishes into the blue figure. The man is already standing and she vanishes like pure energy.” On the right side we can see a sun “representing an atom, since in the 50's, nuclear energy was one of the greatest discoveries of that time and that atom or sun reflects a new era, illuminates a new cycle in human life. The trees that appear at each end, since the one on the left side is dry and thorns “because it symbolizes ignorance” and the one on the right side is loaded with golden fruits “that symbolize the civilization achieved by the humanity thanks to scientific knowledge ”. Source: http://www.fundacionunam.org.mx/donde-paso/la-conquista-de-la-energia