Some Stone Age painter on a cave wall.
grafitti Unless they invited you to do the painting and paid you for the work... then it's called a mural.
fresco
The difference between Fresco and Mural painting lie in the use of different media. Fresco, which uses watercolor on wet plaster, allows for a more durable work, which dries more slowly than a Mural. Murals are painted only on already dried surfaces, making it a far more rigid work than Fresco.
Tang dynasty
it was invented when shaniqua spilled taco sauce on a piece of paper and started finger painting with it... XD
Eve Borsook has written: 'Gli affreschi di Montesiepi' 'The mural painters of Tuscany' -- subject(s): Gothic Mural painting and decoration, Italian Mural painting and decoration, Mural painting and decoration, Mural painting and decoration, Gothic, Mural painting and decoration, Italian, Mural painting and decoration, Renaissance, Mural painting and decoration, Tuscan, Renaissance Mural painting and decoration, Tuscan Mural painting and decoration 'The companion guide to Florence' -- subject(s): Guidebooks 'The companion guide to Florence' -- subject(s): Guidebooks
Ah-Rim Park has written: 'Tomb of the dancers' -- subject(s): Chinese Mural painting and decoration, Civilization, East Asian Mural painting and decoration, Korean Mural painting and decoration, Mural painting and decoration, Chinese, Mural painting and decoration, East Asian, Mural painting and decoration, Korean, Tombs
Ernst Murbach has written: 'Zillis' -- subject(s): Kirche Sankt Martin (Zillis, Switzerland), Mural painting and decoration 'Peterskirche in Basel' -- subject(s): Basel, Basel. Peterskirche, German Mural painting and decoration, Gothic Mural painting and decoration, Mural painting and decoration, German, Mural painting and decoration, Gothic, Mural painting and decoration, Renaissance, Renaissance Mural painting and decoration
A mural is painted on a wall.
Ezio Genovesi has written: 'La grottesche della \\' -- subject(s): Italian Mural painting and decoration, Mural painting and decoration, Italian, Mural painting and decoration, Renaissance, Renaissance Mural painting and decoration
Andreas Vieten has written: 'Die dekorativen kirchlichen Wandmalereisysteme der staufischen Zeit an Nieder- und Mittelrhein' -- subject(s): Church decoration and ornament, German Mural painting and decoration, Gothic Mural painting and decoration, Mural painting and decoration, German, Mural painting and decoration, Gothic, Mural painting and decoration, Romanesque, Romanesque Mural painting and decoration
Alessandra Zamperini has written: 'Le grottesche' -- subject(s): Grotesque in art, Italian Mural painting and decoration, Mural painting and decoration, Italian, Mural painting and decoration, Roman, Roman Mural painting and decoration
Abdel Ghaffar Shedid has written: 'The tomb of Nakht' -- subject(s): Ancient Mural painting and decoration, Egyptian Mural painting and decoration, Mural painting and decoration, Ancient, Mural painting and decoration, Egyptian, Tomb
Joanna Cannon has written: 'Margherita of Cortona and the Lorenzetti' -- subject(s): Art, Italian Mural painting and decoration, Lost works of art, Medieval Mural painting and decoration, Mural painting and decoration, Italian, Mural painting and decoration, Medieval
A mural is a painting which was painted directly on a wall. In earlier times this was common in churches, for instance.
The techniques of the mural paintingOnly two techniques are employed in traditional mural painting: rock carving and strong-colored painting; while the modern mural painting uses many new kinds based on the traditional ones, such asceramicfiring, casting, marble sculpting and the inlaying of mosaic and purl. With the various modern techniques and materials, China's mural painting art has entered a prosperous and innovative era.A mural is any piece of artwork painted or applied directly on a wall, ceiling or other large permanent surface. A particularly distinguishing characteristic of mural painting is that the architectural elements of the given space are harmoniously incorporated into the picture
Guido Ugolini has written: 'Montefiore' -- subject(s): Chiesa di Santa Maria della Misericordia (Montefiore Conca, Italy), Italian Mural painting and decoration, Mural painting and decoration, Italian, Mural painting and decoration, Renaissance, Renaissance Mural painting and decoration