The Epic of American Civilization
The Epic of American Civilization is a mural by the social realist painter José Clemente Orozco. It is located in the basement reading room of the Baker Memorial Library on the campus of Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire.Photo: Daderot, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Work of art
- Artwork type: mural
- Description: mural by José Clemente Orozco
- Also known as: “Hispano-America”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Rauner Special Collections Library and The Green.
Rauner Special Collections Library
Library
The Rauner Special Collections Library, housed in Webster Hall, is the primary special collections and archival library of Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire.
The Green
Park
Photo: Kane5187, Public domain.
The Green is a grass-covered field and common space at the center of Dartmouth College, an Ivy League university located in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States. The Green is situated 690 feet south of The Epic of American Civilization.
Tuck School of Business
College
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The Amos Tuck School of Business Administration at Dartmouth College is the graduate business school of Dartmouth College, a private Ivy League research university in Hanover, New Hampshire. Tuck School of Business is situated 1,400 feet west of The Epic of American Civilization.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hanover and Norwich.
Hanover
Photo: Kane5187, Public domain.
Hanover is a college town in west central New Hampshire across the Connecticut River from Norwich, Vermont. It is home to Dartmouth College, founded in 1769, whose historic campus dominates the center of the town.
Norwich
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Norwich is a city of 3,600 people in eastern Vermont across the Connecticut River from Hanover, New Hampshire. It is commuter town for nearby Hanover, New Hampshire, across the Connecticut River, and is home to some of the state of Vermont's wealthiest residents.
Norwich Village Historic District
Neighborhood
Photo: Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Norwich Village Historic District encompasses the compact village center of Norwich, Vermont. The village was developed mainly in the first half of the 19th century, benefiting in importance from the 1820 founding of what is now Norwich University.
The Epic of American Civilization
- Categories: mural and tourism
- Location: Town of Hanover, Grafton, New Hampshire, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
43.7052° or 43° 42′ 19″ northLongitude
-72.28897° or 72° 17′ 20″ westOpen location code
87M9PP46+3COpenStreetMap ID
node 6775135242OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=artworkOpenStreetMap attribute
artwork_type=muralWikidata ID
Q16901524
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In Other Languages
From French to Spanish—“The Epic of American Civilization” goes by many names.
- French: “The Epic of American Civilization”
- Spanish: “La Épica de la Civilización Americana”
- “The Epic of American Civilization”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Reiss Hall and Baker Library.
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