Wall Paintings

Also: Paintings on Ceilings. (currently on hiatus)

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ဖိုလ်ဝင်တောင် / Phowintaung, near Monywa, Myanmar, 17th and 18th century: heavenly tree - birds - Worshipping Buddha - Courtiers

Photos: Photo Dharma / wikimedia commons / CC BY 2.0)

Part 1

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The Vision of St. John at Patmos by Correggio: San Giovanni Evangelista, Parma, Italy, 16th century

Photos: Livioandronico2013 (top) / Sailko (both at the bottom) / wikimedia commons / CC BY-SA 4.0

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Wehrkirche Kottingwörth / Fortified church Kottingwörth, Germany, about 1310

Photo: Mattana / wikimedia commons

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Totentanz von Bleibach / Danse Macabre of Bleibach, Gutach-Bleibach, Germany, 1723

oil painitng on wood

Photo: joergens.mi / wikimedia commons

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Death playing chess, Taby Church/Täby Kyrka, Taby, Sweden, 15th century (1480s)

Photo: Håkan Svensson (Xauxa)/ wikimedia commons

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Palazzo Corsi-Tornabuoni, Florence, Italy, probably an addition during the renovation in 1863 or 1882 (or 1953) palace dates back to 1469 

Photo: Wikimedia / Sailko

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Photo: Holly Hayes   Remnants of a wall painting of a Pieta in the tower crossing Thame Parish Church, Oxfordshire, England, about 1500 (church dates back to the 12th century)

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Danse Macabre at St Mary’s (St.-Marien), Loxstedt, Germany, 15th century uncovered and restored 1910, futher restorations in 1965 and 1999. Church dates back to the 14th century.

Photo: Tewes/ Wikimedia commons

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Chinesisches Haus/ Chinese House, Garden Pavillon at Sanssouci Park, Potsdam, Germany, 1755 - 1764

Photo: Ueberwald / wikimedia commons / CC BY-SA 3.0

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The Vision of St. John at Patmos by Correggio: San Giovanni Evangelista, Parma, Italy, 16th century

Photos: Livioandronico2013 (top) / Sailko (both at the bottom) / wikimedia commons / CC BY-SA 4.0

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Mosaics da via Panisperna / Mosaics from the Via Panisperna in Rome, late 2nd - early Ist century BC today at Centrale Montemartini, Rome, Italy

Photos: Carole Raddato / wikimedia commons / CC BY-SA 2.0

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Hosios Loukas /Ὅσιος Λουκᾶς Distomo, Greece, 10th century

Photo: otdelnovpavel

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Detail of the painted ceiling at St. Martin, Ziliis, Switzerland, 1109 to 1114,  restored / repainted in 1939 (church dates back to approx. 500)

Photo: Christof H.

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Mosaics da via Panisperna / Mosaics from the Via Panisperna in Rome, late 2nd - early Ist century BC today at Centrale Montemartini, Rome, Italy

Photos: otdelnovpavel

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Fabulous creatures and demons in Saint James Church in Kastelaz / Chiesa di San Giacomo, Tramin, Italy, 13th century (1210s?)

Photos: Wolfgang Sauber /wikimedia commons / CC BY-SA 3.0

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Hosios Loukas / Ὅσιος Λουκᾶς Distomo, Greece, 10th century

Photo: otdelnovpavel

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The Vision of St. John at Patmos by Correggio: San Giovanni Evangelista, Parma, Italy, 16th century

Photos: Livioandronico2013 (top) / Sailko (both at the bottom) / wikimedia commons / CC BY-SA 4.0