This is a very controversial topic. Many people don’t support public art or any funding for its development making it a topic that most people don’t agree on. There are many different forms of public art and this is closely examined in the article “Public Art Controversy: Cultural expression and civic debate”. Both murals represent a social hierarchy in terms of religion, politics and social status. Each mural also has developing levels that start from the bottom leading to the top represented within a tree branching out. The bottom level of the mural, “Development of the arts”, shows the lower class at the bottom wearing rags and doing duties required of those who are of less value, leading to those who are of clear higher value wearing nice clothing eating good food, practicing religion, and music and creating art and self expression. Each section has its own clear identity, something that is discussed in the article. “Public art is seen as a solution to the problem of placelessness, especially in its ability to remedy social alienation and generate a sense of civic and community identity”(Doss, 5). As a viewer of the murals you are able to clearly see the presentation of communal identity and what the communities identities were doing the time period that this mural was created. In the mural, development of science, you are able to clearly see the stages of development and how it has changed over the years. Something that I found interesting in the mural representing science was the group of men leaning in and discussing something that looked of a private matter. I am guessing they are discussing the scientific discoveries that they are making, which during that time might be going against the community’s religious practices. In the article, it is said, “They also sparked a substantial counter-protest of public art supporters speaking to issues of freedom of expression, creative integrity, and anti-racism”(Doss, 10). At the time that this mural was created having the freedom to express their thoughts and discoveries was a risk. At the bottom of the mural for science, cavemen are shown, then Egyptians are shown and their major breakthroughs in creating ‘technology’ and using science for making astrologic discoveries. Science and how it has transformed into a greater commodity. I also noticed at the very bottom of each mural there is someone kneeling down bowing to differing levels of religion, social structure and status, and all of the discoveries that are made. It seems as if he is honoring public art and its changes and I think the artists wanted to represent the idea that we should honor art and its representation of historic life and how it is ever changing. I view both murals and its levels as different stories that represent all of the breakthroughs and social changes that were made in history as people started taking more risks and branching out. All of the new ideas are represented in the pictures of the people. Whether public art depicts something that people don’t agree with, it still is important to have these things represented no matter what. “Public art can play a central role in shaping and directing community identity”(Doss, 12).