mural painting and decoration

Tells the story of Diego Rivera's controversial Detroit Industry Murals, which he painted in 1932-33, commissioned by Edsel Ford, then president of the Ford Motor Company. Describes the murals' production and their meaning, and presents color reproductions.

A study of murals that were painted in U.S. post offices and courthouses during the 1930s, focusing on murals commissioned by the Section of Fine Arts, discussing the themes and styles of the paintings, how they were received by the public, and what they say about the culture of Depression-era America.

Documents the restoration of the Sistine Chapel, shown in its entirety, providing an intimate understanding of this masterpiece. Explains the various forensic studies carried out in the course of the project, the pragmatic concerns of the restoration, and the many problems of historical approach that were confronted.

Discusses Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling frescoes within the context of their site, cultural circumstances, production, narrative and compositional structure, style, and theological significance, and includes thirty-eight color plates of the Renaissance masterpiece.

Presents 350 color images from frescoes on the walls of twenty-eight Roman houses of Pompeii, Herculaneum, Boscoreale, Boscotrecase, Oplontis, and Rome, and includes essays on Roman wall painting's relationships with Roman architecture and the Roman domestic ideal.

Presents an examination of the life, paintings, and sculpture, of Michelangelo, including forty colorplates from throughout his career, discussing the evolution of his art in words and pictures.

Chronicles over thirty years of social and political street art in San Francisco's Mission District, including nearly five hundred photographs.