Walls of Romanesque and Gothic churches were decorated with frescoes as well as sculpture and many of the few remaining murals have great intensity, and combine the decorative energy of Insular art with a new monumentality in the treatment of figures.
Mure i romanske og gotiske kirker blev dekoreret med fresker og skulpturer, og mange af dem har stor intensitet og kombinerer den dekorative energi i den insulære kunst med en ny monumentalitet i behandlingen af figurer.