Murals of Colorado introduces the reader to a very unique public art form that beautifies as well as educates. The murals and muralists are from many different eras of the state s history, from the late nineteenth century to the present. The stories behind the murals are as engaging as the murals themselves. In Colorado, artists often used the grand sweep of a mural to portray the human drama of a particular time, and at other times, murals were used to showcase the western landscape in all its grandeur. The hundreds of full-color images in this book will b