Outdoor Art - Art Installations, Murals, Wall Art, and Sculpture
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Mural - Wall (adjectival).
Murder Holes - A section between the main gate and a inner portcullis where arrows, rocks, and hot oil can be dropped from the roof though holes. Provides good cover for defenders and leaves the attacker open.
Mural
a painting on a wall, usually on a large scale and in fresco.
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intramural (9) -- within the walls
isodomic (23)
ithyphallic (2) -- having an exaggerated erect phallus ...
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The large wall surfaces and plain, curving vaults of the Romanesque period lent themselves to mural decoration.
Mural monument
- a memorial on a graveyard or church wall, often containing a wealth of architectural detail.
Mural paintings.
Gothic
Architecture which flourished from about the late 12th century until the English Reformation in 1540, characterised by the pointed arch.
Mural tower
tower projecting from the curtain wall of a castle
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Mural gallery: A gallery constructed within the thickness of the wall below the parapet, which was provided with arrow slits. See firing gallery.
Mural - wall (adjectival). Having to do with a wall. A mural tower is a tower standing on a wall.
Mural stair - staircase built within the thickness of a wall.
Used in the exterior of the building, they were placed on broad murals, ramps along the stairs, and\or in the front of the grades. These sculptures are engraved sometimes with hieroglyphic inscriptions.
The dance of death, or danse macabre, or Totentanz, was first embodied in murals and a poem (1424-1425) in the Church of the Holy Innocents in Paris.
This was the first real mural painting in America and marks an epoch in art: he is considered the father of the American mural movement. Thereafter, he engaged primarily in mural painting and designing stained glass.
0. Du Puigaudeau, 'Contribution a l'etude du symbolisme dans le decor mural et l'artisanat de Walat'. Bulletin IFAN 19(1-2): 137-83, 1957.
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A painting done on plaster before it dries, generally in mural decoration.
Fretwork
Interlocking geometrical designs cut from the piece's own wood and used ornamentally.
Byzantine figurative art developed a characteristic style; its architectural application took the form of mosaics, great mural compositions executed in coloured marble and gilt glass cut into tiny pieces (tesserae), ...
Wood-paneled interior walls with classical murals
Large number of rooms, each designed with a specific purpose, including a salons, music rooms, billiards rooms, morning rooms, libraries, breakfast rooms, solariums, and separate servants' quarters ...
The most significant change was the modification of a room to become a room to celebrate the sacrament of Baptism. Changes included the addition of a tub along one wall and the decoration of the walls with murals echoing the symbolism of Baptism: ...
Mayan Architecture is best known for breathtaking temples built upon pyramids with steeped bases. Each side has stairs leading up to the temple. The floor was adorned with stucco decorations and the inside was decorated with mural paintings.
 See also: House, Floor, Ground, Ornament, Brick
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