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Laura Maes: Spikes

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Laura Maes’s Spikes makes audible the sun’s energy as it changes over time. As solar panels attached to the exterior of the building gather energy, they complete the more than 100 handmade circuits mounted on the ceiling. The clicking sound of each circuit varies and LEDs light up in...

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Public Art: Outdoor Installations

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The Hood Museum of Art has an evolving but distinguished collection of public art that is intended to enhance the environment in which we study, work, and live. These outdoor installations are incorporated into the built and natural landscape, as public art has the potential to transform and...

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Detail from José Clemente Orozco, The Epic of American Civilization: The Coming of Quetzalcoatl (Panel 5), 1932–34, fresco. Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Commissioned by the Trustees of Dartmouth College; P.934.13.5. Photo by Jeffrey Nintzel.

Orozco's Epic of American Civilization

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José Clemente Orozco painted The Epic of American Civilization between 1932 and 1934. The mural cycle, which was designated as a national historic landmark in 2013, is located in the Orozco Room in Baker Library and is considered one of Dartmouth's greatest artistic resources. The mural’s...

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