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Katharsis (detail)José Clemente Orozco

This explosive mural section (1934) fuses war, lust, and revolution into a single convulsion. Clashing fists, rifles, and machines crush bodies into chaos. The nude woman evokes both violence and moral decay, while fire and protest surge behind. Orozco presents modernity as an inferno—only through destruction can truth emerge.
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