INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT MURAL
PAINTING
u The
word "mural" comes from the Latin word "murus," which means
wall.
Murals are painting that directly do on the
walls or ceilings. Mostly fadeless wall mural painting gains its popularity
since from ancient time. Later canvas and garment like saree mural paining also
came into practise.
u Palaeolithic
Age: The archaeological evidences showed that the mural painting was
originated during the palaeolithic age.
Mural art was painted on the stones in caves,
ceilings, walls and even on tombs.
u Mural art is used to convey emotions, moral
values and as a means of celebration. Various social and cultural reflections
of each time period are depicted through these art work
u Some
notable mural paintings till date based on their size:
■ Largest Mural Painting in Kerala:
In Kerala, the mural painting “The Gajendra Moksha”
located at the Krishnapuram Palace, near the
place Kayamkulam, in
Alappuzha district is considered as the largest mural painting
till date.
■ Guinness World Record:
According to Guinness World
Records, the world's largest mural resides on multiple grain silos in Incheon,
west of Seoul, South Korea. The connecting silos painted surface
is 23,688.7 square meters.
■ Largest Mural Painting on Freedom Theme:
The expansive mural art spread
over an area of 20,000 sq ft on the walls of the Government Sanskrit College,
Thiruvananthapuram, has been declared the largest wall painting made on the
Indian freedom struggle by the India Book of Records.
■ Tallest Mural:
150 ft mural of Mahatma Gandhi
at the Police Headquarters in New Delhi.
■ Largest wall mural painting in India
The Dadasaheb Phalke mural in Mumbai
■ Asia’s largest Mural painting
The Dadasaheb Phalke mural in Mumbai
■ The
"Planet Sea" mural in Bridlington, England, covers an area of 1,211
square meters
The architectural spaces are transferred into
galleries of art for creating an aesthetic atmosphere. The forms of mural art
ranges from traditional to modern, from realistic to abstract, from figurative
to impressionistic. The uniqueness of mural painting art made it still popular
in these digital art age also…