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Paintings in Minecraft are simple, low-resolution versions of a canvas; they currently appear in Alpha, Infdev,Indev. All the nineteen+ (a new update added new ones) current canvases are by Kristoffer Zetterstrand and are shrunken to a low resolution to fit Minecraft's graphical theme; a random image from among these is chosen each time a painting is placed. Paintings currently are not flammable, nor do they stop light or players from passing through if blocks behind them are removed after their placement. Paintings can only be placed on flat, vertical surfaces.

Canvases

There are currently 19 canvases in Indev, but there are a few more in Alpha which have however not been listed yet. These are mostly based on paintings by Kristoffer Zetterstrand, who also created the Minecraft versions.

Canvas Size Original Description
File:Canvas 16 1.png 1x1 blocks
16x16 pixels
View A kebab of some description.
File:Canvas 16 2.png 1x1 blocks
16x16 pixels
View Abstract art, listed as de_aztec map from Counter Strike.
File:Canvas 16 3.png 1x1 blocks
16x16 pixels
View A man in a desert-type land stood next to a house and a bush.
File:Canvas 16 4.png 1x1 blocks
16x16 pixels
View Abstract art, de_aztec map from Counter Strike.
File:Canvas 16 5.png 1x1 blocks
16x16 pixels
View Painting of the Counter Strike map de_dust, named "target successfully bombed" in reference to the game.
File:Canvas 16 6.png 1x1 blocks
16x16 pixels
View Still life painting of two plants in pots.
File:Canvas 16 7.png 1x1 blocks
16x16 pixels
View Painting of a view of wastelands; a small animal is sat on the window ledge.
File:Canvas 16 s.png 1x2 blocks
16x32 pixels
View Painting of a man with a walking stick, traversing rocky plains. An "overdressed hiker", one might say. Reference to Romantic painter Casper David Friedrich's Wanderer above the Sea of Fog.
File:Painting new 1x2 man.png 1x2 blocks
16x32 pixels
Just a man with a long nose.
File:Canvas 32 1.png 2x1 blocks
32x16 pixels
View Some men and women skinny-dipping.
File:Canvas 32 2.png 2x1 blocks
32x16 pixels
View (?) Two hikers with pointy beards.
File:Canvas 32 4.png 2x1 blocks
32x16 pixels
View Painting of a view of mountains at sunset.
File:Canvas 32 3.png 2x1 blocks
32x16 pixels
View Painting of a view of mountains and a lake, with a small photo of a mountain and a plant on the window ledge.
File:Painting new 2x1 table.png 2x1 blocks
32x16 pixels
Painting of a view of mountains and a lake, with a small photo of a mountain and a plant with red dots on the window ledge. Note: In Alpha, this painting has replaced the one above.
File:Painting new 2x1 table creeper.png 2x1 blocks
32x16 pixels
Painting of a view of mountains and a lake, with a small photo of a mountain and a creeper looking at you through a window.
File:Canvas 32-2 1.png 2x2 blocks
32x32 pixels
View A hand holding a match, causing pixelated fire.
File:Canvas 32-2 2.png 2x2 blocks
32x32 pixels
View Painting of a statue surrounded by pixelated fire.
File:Canvas 32-2 3.png 2x2 blocks
32x32 pixels
View Painting of an 8-bit style cave. Character Graham from Kings Quest.
File:Canvas 32-2 4.png 2x2 blocks
32x32 pixels
View Painting of an angel praying into what appears to be a void with fire below.
File:Canvas 32-2 5.png 2x2 blocks
32x32 pixels
View Painting of a woman staring at a giant skeleton stood in deep water.
File:Canvas 64 1.png 4x2 blocks
64x32 pixels
View Two men poised to fight.
File:Painting new 4x3 skeleton.png 4x3 blocks
64x48 pixels
A skeleton sitting in something.
File:Painting new 4x3 building.png 4x3 blocks
64x48 pixels
A screenshot from the "Donkey Kong" game series.
File:Canvas 64 2.png 4x4 blocks
64x64 pixels
View A small man fighting a large hand.
File:Painting new 4x4 rider.png 4x4 blocks
64x64 pixels
A girl cradling a baby with the face of a pig.
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