Hello, everyone! Tonight, I'll be creating a post based on the lecture from last Wednesday and the mural that's being shown in Memorial Hall on campus. For some background on the subject, it's a mural from many years ago that shows the progression of the earlier years of Lexington.
On Wednesday, the class discussed the newly uncovered mural of Lexington in Memorial Hall over on the south-side of campus. This particular mural depicts multiple images of early progression when Lexington came to be what it is today. Some of these images include forests and Native Americans while others show buildings being constructed and people occupying the town. I have heard that it was originally covered due to the fact that it included somewhat racial images, such as the one displaying a Native American observing a white woman in the woods while holding a weapon as if to bring harm to the woman. However, something that is really important about this mural is that not only does it hold a lot of history from the origins of Lexington, but it also shows the development of architecture and design throughout that time in history.
When I first looked at the mural in Memorial Hall, I was honestly just impressed with the overall craftsmanship, as well as the details in the architecture. It is a great representation of the period and the process taken in order to get to that level of sustainability. I just think it's amazing how much time truly does effect architecture and design in the sense that it is like a learning process the further you push the limits; you always learn new things and find ways to make things better the more time you spend doing the same thing.
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