When Diego Rivera finished the murals at the Detroit Institute of Arts in 1933, some viewers lodged protests about the scene in the upper right
of this view. The artist described it as a tribute to modern science, as a
baby is being vaccinated by medical personnel, using a vaccine
developed from animal sources, as scientists work above. On the other
hand, some people regarded this as a sacrilegious version of the story of
Christ in the manger, with the animals, Mary and Joseph, and the three
kings who brought gifts. Do the protesters have a point?