Famous Wall Murals throughout history?

Question

Part of my visual design assignment is finding 5 wall murals throughout 5 different periods in history and annotate each of them.

So far i only have the one; Guernica.

Does anyone know of some others?

Ive searched for so long on Google yet with no luck.

If anyone could just name some that are from different periods which id be able to find some info on that would be great.

Thankyou!

Answer 1

1) the cave paintings  of Altamira, Spain (Paleolithic era). After a visit, Picasso famously exclaimed "after Altamira, all is decadence".

2) The Last Supper (Italian: Il Cenacolo or L'Ultima Cena) is a 15th century mural painting in Milan created by Leonardo da Vinci.

3) Bonampak's Temple of th Murals. (XV century). What is often referred to as The Temple of the Murals (Structure 1) is a long narrow building with 3 rooms atop a low-stepped pyramid base. The interior walls preserve the finest examples of classic Maya painting,

4) Sistine Chapel (Italian: Cappella Sistina) is the best-known chapel in the Apostolic Palace, the official residence of the Pope in Vatican City. Michelangelo painted 12,000 square feet (1,100 m2) of the chapel ceiling between 1508 and 1512.

5) Diego Rivera (December 8, 1886 – November 24, 1957,  was a world-famous Mexican painter, an active communist, and husband of Frida Kahlo. Rivera's large wall works in fresco helped establish the Mexican Mural Renaissance. Between 1922 and 1953, Rivera painted murals in Mexico City, Chapingo, Cuernavaca, San Francisco, Detroit, New York City.[1] His 1931 retrospective exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City was their second.