muralism
muralism noun: an art movement involving murals.
Noun
muralism (usually uncountable, plural muralisms)
- An art movement involving murals.
- With its pumped-up colors, a focus on everyday lives made heroic and its status as an essentially public artwork, “Departures” strongly suggests a new twist on the Los Angeles muralism of the 1970s, a movement born from the Chicano civil rights movement when Mexican-American artists like Judy Baca...2007 August 12, Carol Kino, “Cybermural: The Web as the Wall”, in New York Times
Forms of muralism
| plural | muralisms |
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Origin of muralism
From mural + -ism.
Questions about muralism
- What does muralism mean?
- Muralism means an art movement involving murals.
- What part of speech is muralism?
- Muralism is a noun.
- What is the plural of muralism?
- The plural of muralism is muralisms.
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