painted murals

Large wall pictures

Painted murals are large-scale artworks applied directly to walls, ceilings, or other permanent surfaces.

The phrase is somewhat redundant since murals are by definition painted, but it emphasizes the handmade quality over other techniques like mosaic or digital printing: The neighborhood is known for its painted murals depicting local history.

Opposites
artistic medium/format

painted muralsminiatures

Tiny representations of larger things

miniature paintings · oil on canvas · thumbnail sketches · illuminated manuscripts · intimate portraits

wall treatment

painted muralsbare walls

Unadorned vertical surfaces

blank walls · whitewashed walls · raw concrete · wallpaper · graffiti removal

creation method

painted muralsdigital prints

Electronically produced images

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Familiarity
Top 200,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G