The home is not a museum, so only the outside murals are able to be seen by the public.

The preferred media for Chicano art are murals and graphic arts.

Furthermore, frescoes and murals dealing with death had a long tradition and were widespread, e. g. the legend of the Three Living and the Three Dead: on a ride or hunt, three young gentlemen meet three cadavers ( sometimes described as their ancestors ) who warn them, Quod fuimus, estis ; quod sumus, vos eritis ( What we were, you are ; what we are, you will be ).

The disadvantages of pre-fabricated murals and decals are that they are often mass produced and lack the allure and exclusivity of an original artwork.

Although not strictly classed as murals, large scale printed media are often referred to as such.

State-sponsored public art expressions, particularly murals, are often used by totalitarian regimes as a tool of mass-control and propaganda.

The San Bartolo murals of the Maya civilization in Guatemala, are the oldest example of this art in Mesoamerica and are dated at 300 BC.

In recent times, many murals are non-sectarian, concerning political and social issues such as racism and environmentalism, and many are completely a-political, depicting children at play and scenes from everyday life.

Tile murals are typically found in countries around the Mediterranean Sea such as Morocco, Tunisia and Arabic countries, in Portugal and Spain mostly in an often monochrom-colored form, the Azulejo.

The works, which include large sculptures, environmental structures, and murals by more than 40 artists, such as Alice Adams, Pierre Clerk, Dale Eldred, Penelope Jencks, Hans Van De Bovenkamp, Jerry Peart, and Athena Tacha, are organized into a number of walking tours.

The quality of the murals vary with some being artistically naive while others are masterpieces of religious art.

* 1259 – The famous frescoes of the Boyana Church in Bulgaria are completed ( the church and its murals are now a UNESCO World Heritage Site ).

Building walls frequently become works of art externally and internally, such as when featuring mosaic work or when murals are painted on them ; or as design foci when they exhibit textures or painted finishes for effect.

* The famous frescoes of the Boyana Church in Bulgaria are completed ( the church and its murals are now a UNESCO World Heritage Site ).

Many of the buildings in the centre are decorated with large murals of poetry, part of a wall poem project active from 1995 to 2005.

There are many attractive perched villages, such as Belvédère at the entrance to the spectacular Gordolasque valley, some concealing unexpected architectural riches ( for example in the south there are numerous churches decorated with murals and altar pieces by primitive Niçois painters ).

The church of Santa Maria contains outstanding works of art, and there are murals dating from the Romanesque period to the Gothic.

There are currently 28 murals in this outdoor art gallery and more are planned.

The Regal is currently undergoing a Heritage Lottery Fund supported restoration project which will restore many of the original internal features including original auditorium lighting schemes, 1930s mediterranean murals by artist George Legge and detailing and lights on the front of the building.

One of Olsen's most successful murals, Salute to Five Bells, is currently hung in the Sydney Opera House.

The murals on the sides of the theater are being restored currently.

At this time he was awarded WPA Project Number 1262 – an opportunity to oversee a group of artists creating murals and to supervise their painting for the Harlem Hospital.

The state of California had declined philanthropic proposals to keep the murals in their original location and the Smithsonian withdrew their offer.

These murals, the Golden Age and the Iron Age, were begun in 1843 with an ardour which gradually slackened until Ingres, devastated by the loss of his wife on 27 July 1849, abandoned all hope of their completion and the contract with the Duc de Luynes was finally cancelled.

Jansson also created a series of commissioned murals and public works throughout her career, which may still be viewed in their original locations.

Some building owners have taken to combating this unpleasantness by painting murals of gods on their walls, with the idea that gutkha chewers would not spit on a god.

Scholars have based interpretations about the culture at Teotihuacan on archaeology, the murals that adorn the site ( and others, like the Wagner Murals, found in private collections ), and hieroglyphic inscriptions made by the Maya describing their encounters with Teotihuacano conquerors.

As a result of current municipal policy, wherever these murals are discovered under old plaster, they are restored to their former glory.

The first ornamental murals in the cathedral appeared in the same period, starting with floral ornaments inside the new galleries ; the towers retained their original brickwork pattern.

The painters Diego Rivera, José Clemente Orozco, David Alfaro Siqueiros became world famous for their grand murals, often displaying clear social messages.

The murals are frescos, which are the only surviving non-religious examples from the 16th century in their original place in Mexico.

Tools held by the working class individuals in this murals are being used as weapons, which shows " the workers are turning the objects of their livelihood against themselves, have not acquired real weapons and are caught up in confusion about what people and things are really for, treating comrades like enemies.

They made that assumption because the Lacandons ' physical appearance and dress is so similar to the way the ancient Maya portrayed themselves in their murals and relief carvings.

By one account, the present Viscount intends to evict the wifelets from their estate cottages, and possibly even remove his Lordship's murals.

Records of these dances have come to light through various murals, codices, and especially the Spaniards who first recorded their observations.

The attire worn to some dances as depicted in murals show the links Maya dancers make to the natural world and to their worshipped gods who often took the form of animals.

Those plaques describe their contributions to the franchise, as well as murals and television screens showing highlights of their careers with the Mariners.

A two-line subway system serves the city, with a network of elaborate stations, many with high ceilings and murals on their walls.

The slogan has been used by Sinn Féin representatives, appeared on graffiti and political murals, and been shouted by IRA defendants being convicted in British and Irish courts, and their supporters in the public gallery.

The art deco tower, built of unpainted reinforced concrete, was designed by architects Arthur Brown, Jr. and Henry Howard, with fresco murals by 27 different on-site artists and their numerous assistants, plus two additional paintings installed after creation off-site.

Kids from any of the five arts divisions support their peers in the other groups, stopping to offer applause for a band's hall concert, or incorporating poems within wall murals ...

Their adobe buildings have been mostly destroyed by looters and natural forces over the last 1300 years, but the huacas that remain show that the coloring of their murals was very vibrant.