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'''''Prometheus''''' is a painting by Mexican muralist ].<ref name="DB">{{cite news |last1=Allen |first1=David |title=Orozco’s ‘Prometheus’ mural provides food for thought at Pomona College dining hall |url=https://www.dailybulletin.com/2017/10/22/orozcos-prometheus-provides-food-for-thought-at-pomona-college-dining-hall/ |accessdate=18 May 2020 |work=Daily Bulletin |date=22 October 2017}}</ref> The first modern fresco in the United States,<ref>David W Scott, "Orozco's Prometheus: Summation, Transition, Innovation," ''College Art Journal'' (1957): 2. </ref><ref name="ArtStory">{{cite web |title=José Clemente Orozco Artworks & Famous Paintings |url=https://www.theartstory.org/artist/orozco-jose-clemente/artworks/ |website=The Art Story |accessdate=18 May 2020}}</ref> it depicts the Greek Titan ]. It was commissioned for ]'s Frary Dining Hall by its architect, ], and was completed in 1930. '''''Prometheus''''' is a painting by Mexican muralist ].<ref name="DB">{{cite news |last1=Allen |first1=David |title=Orozco’s ‘Prometheus’ mural provides food for thought at Pomona College dining hall |url=https://www.dailybulletin.com/2017/10/22/orozcos-prometheus-provides-food-for-thought-at-pomona-college-dining-hall/ |accessdate=18 May 2020 |work=Daily Bulletin |date=22 October 2017}}</ref> The first modern ] in the United States,<ref>David W Scott, "Orozco's Prometheus: Summation, Transition, Innovation," ''College Art Journal'' (1957): 2. </ref><ref name="ArtStory">{{cite web |title=José Clemente Orozco Artworks & Famous Paintings |url=https://www.theartstory.org/artist/orozco-jose-clemente/artworks/ |website=The Art Story |accessdate=18 May 2020}}</ref> it depicts the Greek Titan ]. It was commissioned for ]'s Frary Dining Hall by its architect, ], and was completed in 1930.

Among contemporary students, it is often noted for its conspicuous lack of a penis.<ref name="Junk">{{cite news |last1=Sutton |first1=Frances |title=Framed: ‘Prometheus’ — the hunk without the junk at Frary |url=https://tsl.news/the-hunk-without-the-junk-at-frary/ |accessdate=18 May 2020 |work=The Student Life |date=28 February 2020}}</ref><ref name="Prometheus 2017">{{cite book |last1=McGrew |first1=Rebecca |last2=Geis |first2=Terri |last3=Coffey |first3=Mary K. |last4=Usabiaga |first4=Daniel Garza |title=Prometheus 2017: Four Artists from Mexico Revisit Orozco |date=2017 |publisher=Getty Publications |isbn=978-1-60606-544-0 |pages=67 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M44wDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA67&lpg=PA67&dq=%22remasculate%22%20prometheus&source=bl&ots=g9-HSt-smb&sig=rwm5Hutq-gUTM3q1sg76z4D9_y4&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwirwtLDmb_dAhVDlVQKHdpIDHYQ6AEwAHoECAEQAQ&fbclid=IwAR1o0lyzjW2UVM2ygasAZ3gS4vloCZvSbZwpCGZtdyCXnvK8k-gxO5Zvv8Q#v=onepage&q=%22remasculate%22%20prometheus&f=false |accessdate=18 May 2020 |language=en}}</ref>


==References== ==References==

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Mural by José Clemente Orozco
Prometheus
ArtistJosé Clemente Orozco
Year1930
Mediumfresco
LocationClaremont, California

Prometheus is a painting by Mexican muralist José Clemente Orozco. The first modern fresco in the United States, it depicts the Greek Titan Prometheus. It was commissioned for Pomona College's Frary Dining Hall by its architect, Sumner Spaulding, and was completed in 1930.

Among contemporary students, it is often noted for its conspicuous lack of a penis.

References

  1. ^ "José Clemente Orozco's Prometheus". Pomona College. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  2. Allen, David (22 October 2017). "Orozco's 'Prometheus' mural provides food for thought at Pomona College dining hall". Daily Bulletin. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  3. David W Scott, "Orozco's Prometheus: Summation, Transition, Innovation," College Art Journal (1957): 2. JSTOR
  4. "José Clemente Orozco Artworks & Famous Paintings". The Art Story. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  5. Sutton, Frances (28 February 2020). "Framed: 'Prometheus' — the hunk without the junk at Frary". The Student Life. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  6. McGrew, Rebecca; Geis, Terri; Coffey, Mary K.; Usabiaga, Daniel Garza (2017). Prometheus 2017: Four Artists from Mexico Revisit Orozco. Getty Publications. p. 67. ISBN 978-1-60606-544-0. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
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