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Wall to wall : mural art around the world / written by Mary Ann Fraser with Elizabeth Nicholson ; illustrations by Mary Ann Fraser.

Fraser, Mary Ann, (author,, illustrator.). Nicholson, Elizabeth Goldson, (contributor.).

Summary:

"A worldwide journey through time to learn about amazing wall art and the people who inspired or created it"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9781947440081 (hardcover)
Physical Description: 72 pages : colour illustrations, colour maps ; 27 cm
Publisher: Los Angeles : Getty Publications, [2024]
Copyright: ©2024

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Hands up for art : Cave of the Hands, Argentina -- Directions to the afterworld : Queen Nefertari's tomb, Egypt -- Girl power : Mithila Kobar, India -- Out of the ashes : Herculaneum, Italy -- Along the silk road : Mogao Grottoes, China -- Ghouls and princes : Qusayr 'amra, Jordan -- Picturing the Middle Ages : Runkelstein Castle, Italy -- Sculpted in paint : Sistine Chapel, Vatican City -- History in relief : palace art of Abomey, Republic of Benin -- Art revolution : the Big Three, Mexico -- A new deal for public art : Coit Tower Murals, United States -- Justice and remembrance : Amistad Murals, United States -- Tattoo for a river : great wall of Los Angeles, United States -- Arresting art : Crack is Wack, United States -- Wall of war and peace : Berlin Wall, Germany -- For the birds : Lilith and Olaf, Norway -- When words are not enough : Shamsia Hassani, Afghanistan -- The wall ahead : epilogue -- Preserving the world's murals -- Glossary.