Mural Painting

For my freshman Jan Plan at Colby I painted a mural in Runnals Union illustrating a William Blake poem. This effort began a four year painting project which I pursued my sophomore and junior years by finishing the Hall of the Machines in Runnals and by commencing the Paper Wall in Roberts. As a Senior Scholar, I've continued my undertaking by painting eleven more panels. Eight of these are in the Paper Wall and the other three are in the Spa in Miller Library. In my wallpainting up until this year my major interest has been in a strong two-dimentional design created by color juxtaposition. Over these two semesters I've developed a greater concern with the role of color value contrasts in achieving a sense of three-dimensional space. As one views my paintings in chronological order, he can see that gradually colors become less intense, value contrasts more effective, and subject matter becomes based on observation rather than imagination. Please judge my achievement solely on observation of the walls in these three rooms as this paper is only a very brief catalogue of works and the slides are not the best reproductions.

Patterns in space : a regional study of motif in Minoan wall painting

This thesis consists of a quantitative analysis of the regional prevalence of certain artistic motifs as they appear in Minoan wall painting of the Neopalatial period. This will help to establish the relative degree of artistic autonomy exercised by each of the sites included in this study. The results show that the argument for itinerant artists during this time period is a strong one, but the assumption that these travelling artists were being controlled by any one palace-centre is erroneous. Rather, the similarities and differences seen suggest that the choices were predicated either by the specific patrons, or by the function of the associated building or room. Thus, the motifs found within this study should be understood as constituting a cultural identity, with greater or lesser degrees of regional homogeneity, which act as one facet of a number of cultural indicators that can be used to better understand the role of artists and regional dynamics on the island during the Bronze Age.

A Morte e o além : iconografia da pintura mural religiosa da região central do Rio Grande do Sul (século XX)

Este trabalho analisa pinturas murais religiosas sobre temáticas relacionadas à morte e ao além, encontradas em igrejas católicas da região central do Rio Grande do Sul. Pinturas realizadas ao longo do século XX e selecionadas com base em amostragem reunida em arquivos fotográficos representativos de 192 municípios. A partir de uma abordagem iconológica, busca entender: como os modelos iconográficos europeus foram retomados pelo muralismo religioso regional. Para tanto, identifica a origem dos principais temas escatológicos representados, bem como algumas das fontes visuais utilizadas, compostas, sobretudo, por gravuras que reproduzem temas religiosos de obras dos séculos XV ao início do século XX. Entre as formas evitadas pelo muralismo rio-grandense destacam-se: alusões à nudez, poses com pouco dinamismo, e gestos considerados constrangedores para os padrões morais da região. Nas formas incluídas, destacam-se as poses com expressão gestual mais acentuada, vestes moralizantes e detalhes zoomórficos na figuração de demônios. Enquanto que o conjunto das formas preservadas aponta para um predomínio dos gestos representativos de emoções intensas. Com base nos estudos de Aby Warburg sobre a influência da empatia no resgate de configurações emotivas, e a partir do resultado das análises formais, foi estruturada a proposição principal desta pesquisa. Proposição que procura evidenciar uma relação entre a eficiência empática dos antigos gestos de ações passionais e a conseqüente preservação desses no muralismo religioso escatológico regional.

The execution of the mural arts of the West

"This thesis describes and explains the execution of the casein mural, 'Arts of the West'. The artist's project was to prepare a casein mural for the Pioneer Room of the New Student Union at the University of Denver."

Sketches, graphic and descriptive, &c. for a history of the decorative painting applied to English architecture during the middle ages.

Binder's title: History of decorative painting.

The Library of Congress : comprising a series of architectural and mural decorations which have attracted the greatest attention and admiration.

The plates are mounted.

The Boston public library: a handbook to the library building, its mural decorations and its collections; 39 illustrations.

"Copyright ... Boston public library employees benefit association."

New Building - Interior - Art Room (Former One on Third Floor) - Mural Decorations [Detroit News]

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New Building - Interior - Art Room (Former One on Third Floor) - Mural Decorations [Detroit News]

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New Building - Interior - Art Room (Former One on Third Floor) - Mural Decorations [Detroit News]

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A list of buildings in Great Britain and Ireland having mural and other painted decorations,

Mode of access: Internet.

Chapingo: Capela

Essa dissertação é uma proposta de releitura do conjunto de murais no interior da Capela de Chapingo, México. Tal releitura de crítica artística relaciona-se à apropriação de uma metodologia derivada da própria noção de capela, metodologia essa que compactua com o ambiente artístico em questão e com a fenomenologia do contemplador desse conjunto. O objetivo dessa proposta é apresentar as nuances envolvidas no conceito-chave, por parte da historiografia artístico-religiosa, de suporte-capela, isto é, a capela não apenas como ambiente religioso, mas como ocasião artística