Dart Mural

[cantador4u]

Just doing a search for something about the Alamo (go figure, huh?) and discovered the Dart Mural. It was begun Sept 2008, and the last posting is Dec 8, 2008. I don't know if it's completed or not. The Alamo section is just one of four sections.

The website says;
"Dart Mural…watch the progression of one of the Largest Murals in Texas created by Jack Lowry of Lowry Signs.

...The Battle of the Alamo is on of the most historic events in the State of Texas because of the brave defenders holding back the Mexican army while Sam Houston was trying to train fresh troops in east Texas."




I don't know what to comment about it. I'm sure the man's heart is in the right place. I read somewhere that MYTH is intended to inspire and HISTORY is intended to educate. This is definitely about the myth of the Alamo not the history.

See the whole article at dartmural.com/ .

[Jim Boylston]

I have a hunch that the artist has seen the John Wayne Alamo film. Or at least the poster.
Jim

[Allen Wiener]

I think he's seen it too many times.

AW

[Kevin Young]

Jun 12, 2009 18:29:53 GMT -5 Allen Wiener said:

I think he's seen it too many times.

AW

Amen!

[Wade Dillon]

Largest mural? But you clearly see a downspout and a door. I have a hunch there's bigger murals than that.

[Don Allen]

I hate to be this blunt, but this is simply awful.

Anyone spending more than ten minutes online researching the Alamo would come up with at least enough information to know not to make several of the errors reperesented in this mural.

Putting that aside...I'm not exactly sure what the situation is with Crockett and the cannon. It appears that he is partially floating above a cannon that also seems to be partially defying a couple of Newton's Laws of Motion.

[cantador4u]

I agree with you Don if you were looking up TEXT. Now if you do a Google image search you get a lot of photos of the Alamo today and a bunch of drawings of the mythological Alamo. Does this picture look familiar?


I think it's very likely that this was the primary "inspiration" for the design. As for the "anti-gravity Davey Crockett, look at the poster for the John Wayne Alamo movie.


Putting these two images together I believe is called a "mash-up" in today's cyber language.
- Paul