Mural

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

Titian and His Drawings: With Reference to Giorgione and Some Close Contemporaries

Abstract: A leading authority on the work of Titian gathers the graphic works by the artist and his circle--lavishly illustrated here in 225 halftones and 25 color plates--and provides a comprehensive account of their relationship to his career as a whole. Harold Wethey begins with an introductory survey of Titian's life and art and goes on to explore the complex questions of authenticity that result from the association of Titian's early work with that of Giorgione and others. Wethey then discusses Titian's graphic oeuvre in separate chapters on portraiture, preparatory studies, nude studies, and landscapes, with one chapter devoted to Titian's preparatory drawing for the famous lost mural The Battle of Spoleto. Following these text chapters is an extensive catalogue raisonne in three parts, which distinguishes the 51 drawings attributed to Titian from those by other identifiable masters and from those by anonymous artists. Also included is a useful chronological list of the artist's graphic work.

A Tentative Exploration On The Tomb With Mural Paintings In Western Han Dynasty Unearthed At Xi 'an University Of Technology'

Abstract: The tomb with mural paintings unearthed at Xi′an University of Technology is the third tomb with mural paintings discovered in Xi′an area. The mural paintings with rich contents have been perfectly preserved, in which there are paintings describing not only guarding tomb, fighting against evils, ascending to heaven and becoming immortal, but also hunting activities, singing and dancing of the owner of the tomb. The lines in drawings are tenuous and the characters have bright eyes and graceful eyebrows, which are quite different from the drawing style of "being bold and unconstrained" in Han Dynasty. These mural paintings provide the most realistic and lively materials for us to study the social life, funeral custom in the capital Changan in Western Han Dynasty and the development of the Chinese drawings.

The Revolution, Vanguard Artists and Mural Painting

Abstract: This article examines the development of Mexican art after the Mexican Revolution. This text identifies and investigates historical figures, vanguard art movements and artists who have contributed to the development of Mexican art in general and Mexican Muralism in particular. By considering how the Mexican civil war enabled the convergence of interests of both the state and artists and examining developments in vanguard Mexican art of the twentieth century, the author invites rethinking about whether mural painting was or was not official or state art.

Chinese-Buddhist Encounter: Synthesis of Fuxi-Nüwa and the Cintamani in Early Medieval Chinese Art

Abstract: The standard pictorial formula of Fuxi and Nuwa, a pair of indigenous Chinese deities, started to absorb new motifs from Buddhist art during the early medieval period when Buddhism became more prominent in China. In this paper, I focus on the juxtaposition of Fuxi-Nuwa and cintamani, a magic Buddhist jewel, depicted on the ceiling of the corridor in the tomb of Lady Poduoluo, Pingcheng, Shanxi (435 CE). Through a detailed visual analysis, I explain the multiple meanings embedded in the combination of the Chinese mythological figures with the Buddhist symbol in the funerary space, thus challenging the previous studies that understand cintamani only as a substitute for the sun and moon. This paper furthers the discussion on the hybrid image by investigating the mural painting on the ceiling of Mogao Cave 285 in Dunhuang. Despite their different spatial and temporal contexts, both the tomb of Lady Poduoluo and Mogao Cave 285 present a similar pictorial formula, featuring the hybridization of cintamani and the Fuxi-Nuwa pair. This phenomenon invites us to explore the transmission of such motifs. I, therefore, situate the production of the syncretic scheme of Fuxi-Nuwa with cintamani within a broader historical context and examine the artistic exchange between Pingcheng and Dunhuang by tracing the movements of images, artisans, and patrons in early medieval China.

Ancient mural holographic imitating and copying manufacturing method and holographic imitating and copying ancient mural obtained therethrough

Abstract: The invention provides an ancient mural holographic imitating and copying manufacturing method and a holographic imitating and copying ancient mural obtained therethrough The method comprises the following steps that data analysis and arrangement are performed according to cultural relic experimental investigation data so as to obtain a high-definition scanning image and a picture with the size ratio of 1:1 to an original mural as well as materials and structures used in an ancient mural original base layer and pigment used in the original wall painting; the high-definition scanning image isdivided into a plurality of parts, the size of each part is determined, image line drawing and copying are carried out, and bottom frame split manufacturing is carried out according to the size of each part; after a bottom frame is manufactured, single surface laying of a bottom lining plate is carried out, and then pure linen cloth is stretched and bound on the frame; according to the materials and the structures used in the ancient mural original base layer, a base layer and a surface layer are manufactured on the stretched linen cloth; pigment is selected according to the pigment used in the original wall painting, and a pigment blending liquid is prepared; the traditional drawing performance technique is applied to carry out ancient mural image information coping; and manufactured mural imitating and coping works are subjected to combined installation and gap filling