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  2. Mural - Wikipedia

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    Word mural in art[edit] The word mural is a Spanish adjective that is used to refer to what is attached to a wall. The term mural later became a noun. In art, the word mural began to be used at the beginning of the 20th century. In 1906, Dr. Atl issued a manifesto calling for the development of a monumental public art movement in Mexico; he ...

  3. Pompeian Styles - Wikipedia

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    Pompeian Styles. The Pompeian Styles are four periods which are distinguished in ancient Roman mural painting. They were originally delineated and described by the German archaeologist August Mau (1840–1909) from the excavation of wall paintings at Pompeii, which is one of the largest groups of surviving Roman frescoes.

  4. Fresco - Wikipedia

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    Fresco ( pl. frescos or frescoes) is a technique of mural painting executed upon freshly laid ("wet") lime plaster. Water is used as the vehicle for the dry-powder pigment to merge with the plaster, and with the setting of the plaster, the painting becomes an integral part of the wall. The word fresco ( Italian: affresco) is derived from the ...

  5. Warli painting - Wikipedia

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    The Manik Public School at Maniknagar, Karnataka, dedicated a large wall of their academic block to preserve Indian heritage by hosting India's largest Warli art painting. Famous Warli artist Avanti Sandeep Kulkarni designed and hand-painted the school's vision, values, and activities using the Warli culture and themes.

  6. Romanesque art - Wikipedia

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    The "Morgan Leaf", detached from the Winchester Bible of 1160–75. Scenes from the life of David. Romanesque art is the art of Europe from approximately 1000 AD to the rise of the Gothic style in the 12th century, or later depending on region. The preceding period is known as the Pre-Romanesque period. The term was invented by 19th-century art ...

  7. Sistine Chapel ceiling - Wikipedia

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    The Sistine Chapel ceiling ( Italian: Soffitto della Cappella Sistina ), painted in fresco by Michelangelo between 1508 and 1512, is a cornerstone work of High Renaissance art . The Sistine Chapel is the large papal chapel built within the Vatican between 1477 and 1480 by Pope Sixtus IV, for whom the chapel is named.

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