پیکره (May 2020)

Investigating the effect of visual qualities of the environment on murals

  • malihe kashir,
  • Asghar Kafshchian Moghadam

DOI
https://doi.org/10.22055/pyk.2020.15951
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 19
pp. 42 – 55

Abstract

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Problem definition: The wall painting comes in conjunction with the three components of the visual audience, the architecture and the environment. Among these factors, the environment has a decisive role in the design and creation of wall effect, because the most important aspect of the distinction of wall painting from its other forms, is the formation influenced by the conditions and characteristics of the environment. The environment surrounding the work as a visual collection involves various factors and qualities that have a direct and indirect influence on the wall painting and plays a decisive role. so the leading research seeks to answer the visual quality of the environment in relation to the mural painting, and how these visual qualities impact on wall murals in the urban landscape. Objective: the present article has been written regarding with the aim of explaining the effect of visual qualities of the environment as one of the ways of improving the quality of wall paintings in the field of urban arts. Research Method: The present study was conducted using a descriptive-analytical method and the library collection method was also used. Results: The visual qualities of environmental conditions including the Climatic Conditions of the Environment, Cultural and Identity Conditions of the Environment, Geographical Location of the Environment, Governing Color Space and Light Conditions Governing the Environment, visual features of environment each has their own capabilities and limitations each has its own capabilities and constraints, and depending on the environment and the walls, there will be significant effects on the design and implementation of the wall paintings. Therefore, studying the visual qualities of the environment, while achieving the artist's ability to integrate into the space of the work and making them more productive, creates a coherent and harmonious atmosphere and, Hence, in general, recognizing them makes a unified and coordinated space moreover achieving environment capabilities and consequently it will lead to more suitable mural. Hence, wall painting, while preserving the essential elements of the artistic wall paintings, it can be considered a function of the governing environment of the wall and its visual qualities.

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