murals

noun

plural of mural
as in frescoes
a usually large painting that is done directly on the surface of a wall

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Recent Examples of murals But the murals were so successful that I was very quickly inundated with commissions, mainly of religious murals. — Robbie Griffiths, NPR, 9 Aug. 2026 His art education began by watching his father reproduce church murals. — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 6 Aug. 2026 Adorned with retro wooden paneling, flashes of pistachio-green and pink Formica, and architectural murals that reimagine the glass decoration of Milan’s famous Galleria Vittorio Emanuele shopping emporium, the space evokes a classic Milanese café. — Amy Bradford, Architectural Digest, 5 Aug. 2026 Three completed murals are on display already, with three more panels expected to be completed soon. — Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2026 The advances of balloon aeronauts who required reams of silk had made large-scale rolls of fabric available to textile artists, making wallpaper cheaper than custom tapestries or murals for the parlor. — Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2026 Local Color, which has grown dramatically in its 11-year history, connects artists with creative opportunities (like many of the murals beautifying San Jose), as well as running workshops, providing studio space and exhibition galleries. — Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026 Around them, campers duck in and out for medications beneath murals of smiling farm animals, eager to get back to the day’s activities. — Rachel Hale, USA Today, 4 Aug. 2026 Talladega College Founded in 1867 by former slaves, Talladega's campus is home to celebrated murals by Hale Woodruff depicting the 1839 Amistad slave ship rebellion. — Asia Alexander, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
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  1. paintings
  2. canvases
  3. panoramas
  4. oils
Noun
  • Done at a large scale, at times measuring more than 8 feet wide, Urgessa begins his paintings by drawing them out on the floor before introducing oil to the canvas via a long brush.
    — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Nothing of this reality is visible in the paintings themselves, whose facture is immaculate.
    — Carmen Rosenberg-Miller, Artforum, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of paintings
Noun
  • At the Whitney Biennial, Carmen de Monteflores’s long-unseen shaped canvases of colorful overlapping figures hung alongside her daughter Andrea Fraser’s wax sculptures of sleeping toddlers.
    — Carmen Rosenberg-Miller, Artforum, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Her own method is to paint directly onto wild-cotton canvases, without any preliminary drawings.
    — Gabriella Angeleti, The New York Review of Books, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of canvases
Noun
  • In general, seek a perch with clear panoramas—such as a hilltop or open field instead of a thick forest.
    — Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 6 Aug. 2026
  • At the top of the residence, a rooftop deck offers 360-degree panoramas stretching from the Santa Monica Pier and Catalina Island to the Palos Verdes Peninsula.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 18 July 2026
Definition of panoramas
Noun
  • Fats are found in foods like butter, oils, nuts, meat, and fish.
    — Jillian Kubala, HEALTH, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Its products include fuel for cars, jet fuel and a wide range of oils.
    — Sam Meredith, CNBC, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of oils

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