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Genocide In The Americas: Jose Clemente Orozco

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(One! Two! Three! Four!) Here comes the Europeans battleships and soldiers navigating towards the Americas! Guns, blood, devastation, and spiritualism… These things are only a few aspects which are defined in the painting of Jose Clemente Orozco. The Mural of Orozco called Modern Migration of Spirit translates the conquest of new lands, the forcing of religious acts, and the death of kinds and nations. It all begins with a mission, a statement, and a strong-will of a beloved leader and country! The first main aspect that catch one’s attention in the Modern Migration of Spirit painting are the guns. They are well-spread throughout the painting and this can only be defined as the primary choice of weaponry in the Americas conquering. In the article called Genocide in the Americas: Columbus’s Legacy, it is …show more content…

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