Mural – a contemporary architectural detail

Abstract

Modern cities architecture has become the basic street art medium, primarily regarding graffiti and mural. The themes and forms of murals, which are designed independently of architects, constitute visual interference in the architectural space of the city. Murals should be related both contextually and formally to the place in which they are created, so as to enrich the surrounding space in terms of esthetic and ideological values. The author is trying to illustrate the phenomenon painting of murals as contemporary architectural details on the example of selected architectural objects from Gdansk, Katowice, Krakow, Poznan and Kielce.