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Nov 30, 2009
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mu•ral•ism



Pronunciation: (myoor'u-liz"um), [key]
n. (sometimes cap.)
an artistic movement identified chiefly with the Mexican painters José Orozco, Diego Rivera, and David Siqueiros and exemplified by their grand-scale, narrative murals on humanitarian, social, and political themes.

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