It's been a few years since I last was in Vienna. But lately I keep remembering a brief visit to Schoenbrunn, the summer palace of the Habsburgs in Vienna.
Specifically a walk through a few small rooms whose walls were decorated in the most wondrous way.
They were painted in the 18th century by J W Bergl, an artist from Bohemia.
Here are a few pictures - but words nor pictures can describe the full impact of being in a room which has lush images from floor to ceiling, not one inch left without an image. What opulence and luxury, and yet one could imagine the royal children playing in those rooms.
I can't find a picture of my favorite room which had a jungle theme and was densely painted.
Most of these images are from The Muralist, a beautiful and informative website created by San Francisco muralist Lynne Rutter.
I've never made a real mural but how great it would be to have an entire room as a canvas!!!!
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