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About: Mural is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 1144 publications have been published within this topic receiving 5050 citations.


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TL;DR: The Rijksmuseum Amsterdam will re-open in 2013 after extensive renovations, and one of the leading principles of the museum's restoration has been the partial revival of the 1885 interior, which contained paintings by the Viennese Georg Sturm installed as murals.
Abstract: The Rijksmuseum Amsterdam will re-open in 2013 after extensive renovations. One of the leading principles of the museum's restoration has been the partial revival of the 1885 interior, which contained paintings by the Viennese Georg Sturm installed as murals. In strong colors, these paintings celebrate national history, civic virtue, and the glory of Dutch art. Sturm's paintings constitute the culmination of nineteenth-century nationalistic decoration schemes in the Netherlands, in which a single, uniform collective memory of national history was taken for granted. Soon after 1885, however, the paintings were criticized, not only because of changing ideas about museum aesthetics, but also because of a growing disagreement as to what constituted national glory, especially among Catholics and socialists. But though critical of nineteenth-century ideas, these same groups appreciated the didactic possibilities of Sturm's wall paintings and commissioned mural paintings elsewhere with different historic...

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TL;DR: In this article , a multi-analytical approach was employed to study wall paintings located in the Sotterra church at Paola, in the province of Cosenza, Italy.
Abstract: A multi-analytical approach was employed to study wall paintings located in the Sotterra church at Paola, in the province of Cosenza, Italy. The site is an underground church (hence the name of Sotterra, which means “under the earth”) rediscovered in the second half of the 19th century, during the building works of the Madonna del Carmine church on the same area. This underground church preserves valuable mural paintings having different styles. The construction’s dating and overlapped modifications made until the site was abandoned is also debated. A wall painting, depicting “The Virgin” as part of the “Annunciation and the Archangel Gabriel” present on the opposite side of the apse, was selected and investigated using both in situ and laboratory-based analysis. Preliminarily, the non-destructive investigations involved several analytical techniques (IR imaging, UV-Induced Visible Fluorescence, and X-ray Fluorescence analyses) that provided mapping and characterization of pictorial layers and first data about deterioration phenomena. On the basis of this information, a more in-depth study was conducted on micro-fragments aimed at characterizing the stratigraphy and to identify the artist’s technique. Cross-sections were analysed using polarized optical microscopy and electron scanning microscopy coupled with energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy to obtain morphological and chemical information on the selected pictorial micro-fragments of the wall painting. The results allowed to characterize the pigments and provide better readability of the whole figure, revealing details that are not visible to the naked eye, important for future historical-artistic and conservative studies. The results represent the first step of a systematic archaeometric research aimed at supporting the ongoing historical-stylistic studies to distinguish the different building phases hypothesized for this religious site which remained buried for three centuries.

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11 May 2021-Minerals
TL;DR: A broader comparison with contemporary mural paintings from other Teotihuacan complexes shows good agreement in the materials used, which may suggest a standardization in the making of TeOTihuacan mural painting during the Xolapan period.
Abstract: Techinantitla building complex, in the Amanalco neighborhood of the ancient city of Teotihuacan, is famous for the iconography and quality of the mural paintings found in this site. A significant part of this heritage has been lost due to looting. In recent years, an interdisciplinary research project was developed to study the limited patrimony that was left. As part of this study, we first employed geophysical techniques to reconstruct the architectural pattern of the compound’s remaining walls, where other paintings may still be found. Then, we applied a non-invasive methodology to characterize a large set of fragments recovered in the 1980s and to gain information on their pigments and manufacturing techniques. This methodology included False Color Infrared Imaging, X-ray Fluorescence and Fiber-Optics Reflectance Spectroscopy, and led to the identification of hematite, calcite, malachite, azurite and an unidentified blue pigment. The results were compared with a previous study performed on a set of Techinantitla mural paintings looted in the 1960s. A broader comparison with contemporary mural paintings from other Teotihuacan complexes shows good agreement in the materials used. These results may suggest a standardization in the making of Teotihuacan mural painting during the Xolapan period (350 to 550 AD).

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TL;DR: Theodore Chasseriau's monumental cycle for the Cour des Comptes in the Palais d'Orsay, Paris, executed between 1844 and 1848, was a crucial exponent of the mid-nineteenth-century revival of mural painting and its concomitant, allegory as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: Theodore Chasseriau's monumental cycle for the Cour des Comptes in the Palais d'Orsay, Paris, executed between 1844 and 1848, was a crucial exponent of the mid-nineteenth-century revival of mural painting and its concomitant, allegory. This essay proposes that the artist reanimated outdated conventions by structuring the ensemble so as to incorporate visitors into a visual narrative drawing on the vernacular of colonial rhetoric and debate pertaining to Algeria. The testimony of Theophile Gautier, parallels with contemporary discourse, and references to archaeological excavations in Algeria suggest further that the program resonated with themes central to France's involvement in Africa.

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No. of papers in the topic in previous years
YearPapers
2023132
2022287
202149
202048
201956
201851