Frescoes and Wall Paintings

Wall paintings have been the earliest manifestation of humankinds creativity, reflecting his or her greatest concerns of period.

In Goa there are two types:
a.The Fresco called Grafitto where the drawing is etched out when the plaster wet, exposing the earthen base.
b.Traditional wall painting on a dry plaster.

Grafitto was generally used in patterns as a border or the base of a window, though there are examples of mythological themes being depicted.

In wall paintings each community had vastly different approaches.Catholic households had a decorative approach, treating each wall of the living room as canvases for stencils in the form of borders and dados and often linen folds at corners and sprays of floral patterns.There are also examples of scenes of village life.In Hindu houses the expression was of a more creative nature where mythological and historical themes were painted with great originality.

There are however a few Catholic institutions, which have religious themes, painted with great dexterity using Indian iconograhy such as Rachol Seminary and the Retreat House Baga(Calangute).