Walk closer to the murals · Mural creation and design

Author: Xu Zhijian
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Publish Date: 2001-06-01
Features:
Murals are a commissioned creative activity and a public community project, making it difficult to avoid various restrictions. Non-artistic factors often directly influence mural art creation. For example, the determination of the site, the predetermined theme, the aesthetic preferences of the commissioner, the acceptance level of the community public, and the limitations of materials and cost in mural creation are all constraints on mural art. The personal artistic space of the creator is not very large, and within this limited space, there are still issues related to the use of tools and techniques caused by the materials themselves. Interestingly, the more the restrictions, the more active the artist's creative thinking becomes, and the more the creative thinking space can be expanded. This is a rebound phenomenon of thinking, a state of high excitement. Without restrictions, there is no creation. The most prominent feature of this book is its focus on mural creation and the training of the creative process, avoiding the tendency in similar books to emphasize production over design, or correcting the popular notion that "production can be taught, but creation cannot be taught." This book does not neglect production but integrates the cultivation of creative thinking into every aspect of mural creation.