Title: Mural - The History and The Meaning | Widewalls
Headings: Mural - The History and The Meaning
Mural - The History and The Meaning
Art History
July 21, 2015
What Is a Mural? Definition and a Walk Through Known History
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Mural Techniques
Modern Times Murals - Tools of Social Emancipation
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Content: It is during Mexican Muralism that murals got a new dimension as a powerful visual communication tool, meant to promote the opinion of the people and to transmit social and political messages towards unity. Through the large paintings of “the great three”: Diego Rivera, José Clemente Orozco and David Alfaro Siqueiros, mural painting became the most important form of expression, often the subject of controversy and always a symbol of solidarity, freedom and hope. The Mexican mural art inspired the creation of many other similar movements around the world, the biggest being the Chicano art movement in the 1960s. Murals also represent one of the most important features of Northern Ireland, depicting the region's past and present political and religious divisions. Since the 1970s, the country has seen almost 2,000 mural paintings dedicated to the fight against racism and environmentalism, among many other issues. Another famous place charged with political murals was the Berlin Wall, whose Western side saw many murals between its creation in 1961 and its destruction in 1989, including the works by artists Keith Haring and Thierry Noir. Check out pieces by Keith Haring on our marketplace! Part of Diego Rivera's mural depicting Mexico's history at the National Palace in Mexico DC. Image via Wikipedia
Mural Techniques
As murals cover quite large surfaces that could be of different texture, constitution, and attributes, mural artists have developed several techniques adaptive to their “canvases”.