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wall-painting

Noun

Meaning

wall-painting (plural wall-paintings)

an work of art created directly on a wall, ceiling, etc

a mural, fresco, graffito, marouflage

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

Carolingian and Ottonian art also survives mostly in manuscripts, although some wall-painting remain, and more are documented. Source: Internet

Particularly strong in this tradition were figurative sculpture in terracotta (particularly life-size on sarcophagi or temples), wall-painting and metalworking (especially engraved bronze mirrors). Source: Internet

Such portraits were modelled on Holbein 's depiction of Henry VIII for a wall-painting at Whitehall in 1537, in which Henry confronts the viewer, wearing a dagger. Source: Internet

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