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The mural covers 220 m2 (2,400 sq ft) of wall space with some 100 images of objects, people and events, making a semi-circle around a large internal stairwell.The artist used the elaborate, time-consuming encaustic technique, using heated wax. The mural tells the stories of Huaxyacac-Antequera-Oaxaca-Oaxaca de Juárez (0axaca City) in three horizontal layers.
It is said that the bottom layer of each panel pictures everyday life. The middle layer illustrates forces and events shaping the history of Oaxaca. The third, or top layer of the mural, represents the ideals and leaders of Oaxaca through the three eras portrayed. The artist divided the history of the area now known as Oaxaca into three panels, representing different timeframes, in chronological order; Prehispanic, sometimes called the pre-Columbian era, of some 10,000 or maybe 20,000 years ago to 1521, the second era is colonial times (1521 to 1821) and the third panel represents the Mexican War of Independence , the Reform War, the Second French Intervention and The Mexican Revolution (1810 to 1921 and beyond).
Prehispanic Oaxaca Second French Intervention Mexica Reform War War of Independence Independence Mexican War of Independence colonial Antequera The Mexican Revolution Oaxaca de Juárez Mexican Revolution encaustic technique mural