The Application Of Urban Subway Mural Materials

This thesis is about the opinions and conclusions which are drawn through studying on the materials of subway murals in urban areas.Currently, the urbanization in China is running into a period of fast development, and as a new type of vehicle, subways are regarded as fast and convenient public transportation tools. In fact, subways are not only a environmental way of transportation, but also a kind of carrier of city civilizations. Subway murals are derived from the spaces of subway, and are of great value, because as the principal body of public arts in the subway environment, they are constructing the cultural space as well as improving the spiritual qualities of subways. Thus, the basic position of murals in the environment of subway has been established. The ideal state of the very existence of subway murals are not just for the pure spirit and artistic admiration, but more significantly the murals will help to improve he humanistic concerns, taste levels and other factors of subway space.By researching and analyzing the developing process or urban subway murals, the thesis concluded the creation techniques and the application forms of materials of subway murals. Furthermore, the thesis uses classification research, and probes the mutual relations among materials and space, materials and themes, as well as themes and the applications of techniques. Therefore, this thesis may has a certain reference value for the study and research on the history of subway murals, and the further creative practice in the future.