72 pages : colour illustrations, colour maps ; 27 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents:
Hands up for art : Cave of the Hands, Argentina Directions to the afterworld : Queen Nefertari's tomb, Egypt Girl power : Mithila Kobar, India Out of the ashes : Herculaneum, Italy Along the silk road : Mogao Grottoes, China Ghouls and princes : Qusayr 'amra, Jordan Picturing the Middle Ages : Runkelstein Castle, Italy Sculpted in paint : Sistine Chapel, Vatican City History in relief : palace art of Abomey, Republic of Benin Art revolution : the Big Three, Mexico A new deal for public art : Coit Tower Murals, United States Justice and remembrance : Amistad Murals, United States Tattoo for a river : great wall of Los Angeles, United States Arresting art : Crack is Wack, United States Wall of war and peace : Berlin Wall, Germany For the birds : Lilith and Olaf, Norway When words are not enough : Shamsia Hassani, Afghanistan The wall ahead : epilogue Preserving the world's murals Glossary
