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  • The most famous example is the Toreador Fresco, painted around 1550-1450 ... The throne is flanked by the Griffin Fresco, with two couchant griffins ...
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  • [[Image:Michelangelo - Fresco of the Last Judgement.jpg|right|thumb|250px|[[The Last Judgment (Michelangelo)|The Last Judgement]] - Fresco in ...
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  • people inside the church and carrying with it a fresco by Cimabue. The edifice and was closed for two years for restoration. *Santa Maria Maggiore ...
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  • period, participating in the creation of a fresco in Esztergom, ordered in ... Florentine and Umbrian artists to fresco the walls of the Sistine ...
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  • A still life is a work of art depicting inanimate subject matter, typically commonplace objects which may be either natural (flowers, game, sea ...
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  • [[Image:Pope St. Leo IV.jpg|thumb|Fresco of Leo IV in the basilica ... instrumental, was celebrated in a famous fresco by Raphael and his pupils ...
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  • Image:Raffael 013.jpg|Fresco in the Villa Farnesia: Triumph of Galatea ... *La disputa (1509-1510)--Fresco, width at base 770 cm, Vatican, Rome ...
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  • each required first to execute a sample fresco; these were to be officially ... The Scenes of the Life of Moses fresco is opposite The Temptation ...
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  • also created two of the most influential fresco paintings in the history ... him from his preference for sculpture into fresco painting, so that unfavorable ...
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  • Andrei Rublev (Russian: Андре́й Рублёв, also transliterated Andrey Rublyov, born in the 1360s, died 1427 or January 29, 1430) is ...
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  • [[Image:JMG242.jpg|thumb|Fresco on the wall of a Pompeii house]] [[Image:Pompeiiamphitheatre.jpg|thumb|right|Teatro Grande with a large audience ...
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  • exert a profound influence upon future fresco artists, from Carlo Cignani ... paintings, as seen in the finely finished fresco figures in the great tribune ...
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  • [[Image:TEPOZTLAN FRESCO CONVENTO.jpg|thumb|210px|right|Original frescoes on the walls of Tepoztlán's Dominican convent.]] [[Image:TEPOZTLAN ...
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  • [[Image:773px-Sanzio 01.jpg|right|thumb|360px|Raphael's fresco ... Raphael painted a famous fresco depicting "The School of Athens ...
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  • [[Image:Sanzio 01.jpg|right|thumb|360px|Raphael's fresco The ... Raphael painted a famous fresco depicting "The School of Athens ...
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  • about 1415. Medieval artists also worked in fresco which continued throughout the Renaissance. Fresco is a method by which pigments are mixed with ...
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  • Cross"). A fifteenth-century fresco from the Church of San Francesco ... culminating in one of the most famous fresco cycles of the Renaissance ...
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  • first used during the sixteenth century for fresco painting, a technique involving the application of pigment to a wet lime plaster wall. Once the ...
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  • [[Image:Knossos bull.jpg|thumb|right|300px|A Minoan fresco]] ... mouldings; mural decoration, such as fresco-paintings, coloured reliefs ...
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  • a £200 premium and a commission to paint a fresco in the Upper Waiting Hall (or Hall of Poets) in the House of Lords. Tenniel had some cartoons ...
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  • Alpha and Omega (Greek: Αλφα and Ω) is an appellation of God in the Book of Revelation (verses 1:8, 21:6, and 22:13). Its meaning is found ...
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  • of Torcello (XI century C.E.); a monochrome fresco by Mantegna at Palazzo Ducale in Mantua (about 1510 C.E.) shows a female Kairos (most probably ...
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  • thumb||255px|Martin renounces his weapons, fresco by Simone Martini, Cappella ... 225px|The death of Saint Martin of Tours fresco (Simone Martini) 1317-1319 ...
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  • thumb|right|300px|The Castration of Uranus: fresco by Giorgio Vasari and Cristofano Gherardi, c. 1560 (Sala di Cosimo I, Palazzo Vecchio, Florence)]] ...
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  • appears in mural decoration, whether mosaics or fresco painting on the exteriors and interior of sacred buildings. She is found high above the apse, ...
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  • Image:HanWudiBuddhas.jpg|A close-up of the fresco describing Emperor Han Wudi (156–87 B.C.E.) worshiping two statues of the Buddha, c. 700 C.E. ...
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  • Bourges Cathedral (Cathédrale Saint-Étienne de Bourges) is a cathedral, dedicated to Saint Stephen, located in Bourges, France. It is the seat ...
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  • stucco tracery (Manbatkari) and panelling with a fresco touch, all in bold relief, as well as marble inlay. Stone carving, as well as marble inlay on ...
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  • [[Image:Horse-sheba.jpg|thumb|275px|Ethiopian fresco of the Queen of Sheba on her way to Jerusalem, shown riding with sword and lance]] ...
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  • [[File:Apotheosis of George Washington.jpg|thumb|right|400px|The fresco ... Cox. The final scenes depicted in the fresco had not yet occurred when ...
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  • Caspar, two researchers in Boston, the Jacques Fresco group in Princeton University, and a United Kingdom group at King's College London (Clark ...
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  • *Fresco * Pigment *Varnish ==External links== All links retrieved November 18, 2022. *[http://www.ibiblio.org/ecolandtech/rural-skills/homemade/homemade ...
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  • A cherub (Hebrew: כרוב, plural כרובים kruvim) is a supernatural entity mentioned several times in the Hebrew Bible, and in the Christian ...
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  • Bargilla (c. 1423 - 1457), c. 1450. Detached fresco. 247 x 153 cm. Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy.]] Francesco Petrarca or Petrarch (July ...
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  • [[Image:HannibalFrescoCapitolinec1510.jpg|thumb|305px|right|A fresco ... elephants passed into European legend: A fresco detail, c. 1510, Capitoline ...
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  • virgin has the power to tame the unicorn, in this fresco in Palazzo Farnese, Rome, probably by Domenichino, ca 1602]] The unicorn, a legendary ...
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  • An academic conference is a conference for researchers (not always academics) to present and discuss their work. Along with academic or scientific ...
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  • The Buddhas of Bamyan ( بت های باميان - but hay-e bamiyaan) were two monumental statues of standing Buddhas carved into the side of ...
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  • temple by dghirlandaio.jpg|thumb|300px|right|The fresco Zachariah in the Temple by Domenico Ghirlandaio (1486-1490). Detail: Marsilio Ficino, Cristoforo ...
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  • an alpine river in Uri. There is a fresco from 1582 in a chapel in Bürglen showing this scene. The story of a great hero successfully shooting ...
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  • Sigiriya (Lion's rock) is a rock fortress and ruins of a palace situated in central Matale District of Sri Lanka dating to the fifth century ...
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  • [[Image:Loza nemanjica.jpg|thumb|150px|The House of Nemanjić, fresco from Visoki Dečani monastery]] The House of Nemanjić (Serbian: Немањићи ...
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  • has left fewer material remains: a fresco of saffron-gatherers at Santorini ... [[Image:Knossos bull.jpg|thumb|300px|right|A fresco found at the Minoan ...
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  • [[Image:Moscow Kremlin fresco about war in 860.jpg|thumb|300px|left|Photius and Michael III place the veil of the Virgin Mary into the Black Sea.]] ...
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  • *1953 Golconda, The Listening Room, and a fresco for the Knokke Casino *1954 The Invisible World and The Empire of Light *1955 Memory of a Journey ...
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  • the Tuscan countryside in a Benozzo Gozzoli fresco from c. 1459.]] The most significant accomplishments of the Medici were in the sponsorship ...
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  • Częstochowa ( Tschenstochau , טשענסטעכאוו-Chenstekhov ) is a city in south-central Poland on the Warta River. It was formed from two ...
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  • [[Image:Kariye ic.jpg|thumb|250px|right|A c.1315 fresco depicting the Harrowing of Hell in the parecclesion of the Chora Church, Istanbul.]] ...
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  • Padua ( Padova 'padova , Latin: Patavium, Padoa ) is the capital city and the economic and communications hub of Padova province, in the ...
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  • |caption=Albertus Magnus (fresco, 1352, Treviso, Italy) |birth_place=Lauingen, Bavaria |death_place=Cologne, Germany |titles=Doctor of the Church ...
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  • [[Image:Wheel of life col.jpg|200px|thumb|Fresco on a wall of the Bardan Gompa representing a [[Bhavacakra|Wheel of Life]].]] Buddhism regained ...
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  • [[Image:Horse-sheba.jpg|thumb|275px|Ethiopian fresco of the Queen of Sheba on her way to Jerusalem, shown riding with sword and lance.]] ...
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  • Sassanid style dresses donors to the Buddha (fresco, with detail), Bezeklik, eastern Tarim Basin, China, eighth century.]] Archaeological findings ...
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  • |caption=St. Anne, fresco from Faras, seventh century, National Museum Warsaw |birth_place= |death_place= |titles=Mother of the Blessed Virgin Mary ...
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  • [[Image:Wat phra keaw ramayana fresco.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Ramayana fresco]] After overcoming numerous arduous challenges, Rama entered into ...
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  • [[Image:Leviatan.jpg|thumb|200px|Leviathan in the fresco "The Last Judgment" by Giacomo Rossignolo (1524-1604)]] Psalm 89:9 reiterates ...
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  • von Ohrid 001.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Fresco of Basil the Great in the cathedral of Ohrid.]] The principal theological writings of Basil are his ...
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  • Raphael's Plato in The School of Athens fresco, probably in the likeness of Leonardo da Vinci.]] Introspection may be used synonymously with ...
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  • loculi, and provide space for artistic decoration. Fresco decorations were typically Roman.Giovanni Rossi, Roma Sotterranea or Some Account of the Roman ...
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  • with a Castle Under Construction, Fresco, showed how perspective could give sculptural depth and drama to a picture. Giorgione, 1478-1510, the ...
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  • [[Image:Averroes closeup.jpg|thumb|left|Averroes, a closeup of a fresco by Raphael]] === Jurisprudence and Law === Averroes is also a highly-regarded ...
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  • before the Sultan - the trial by fire (fresco attributed to Giotto)]] ... 225px|Saint Francis receives the Stigmata (fresco attributed to Giotto).]] ...
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  • asked Antonio di Donnino Mazzieri to paint a fresco at the family's burial site in the Basilica della Santissima Annunziata di Firenze. Andrea ...
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  • type of Buddhist image, large stone relief or fresco narrative cycles of the Life of the Buddha, or tales of his previous lives, are found at major ...
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  • Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology Category:Geography Category:Archaeological sites {{Infobox World Heritage Site ...
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  • 350px|Resurrection of the Flesh (1499-1502) Fresco by Luca SignorelliChapel of San Brizio, Duomo, Orvieto]] Resurrection is most commonly associated ...
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  • [[Image:Michelangelo - Fresco of the Last Judgement.jpg|right|thumb|250px|[[The Last Judgment (Michelangelo)|The Last Judgement]] - Fresco in ...
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  • [[Image:Michelangelo - Fresco of the Last Judgement.jpg|thumb|200px|The Christian idea of Jesus returning on the clouds may have originated in ...
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  • The golden calf (עגל הזהב), in Jewish tradition, was an idol made by Aaron for the Israelites during Moses' absence on Mount Sinai ...
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  • Platina prefect of the Vatican Library, fresco by Melozzo da Forlì, c. 1477 (Vatican Museums)]] The Vatican Library (Latin: Bibliotheca Apostolica ...
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  • Nicholas, the patron saint of Russian merchants (fresco by Dionisius from the Ferapontov Monastery).]] For his help to the poor, Nicholas is the ...
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  • In the Saint Sophia Cathedral, one may see a fresco representing the whole family: Yaroslav, Irene (as Ingigerd was known in Rus), their five ...
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  • Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology [[Image:Paramore Mausoleum.JPG|right|thumb|200px|The Paramore family mausoleum in ...
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  • Veliky Novgorod, the third largest city in Russia and the administrative center of Novgorod Oblast, has deep historical roots to Russian culture ...
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  • have largely disappeared, save some fresco decorations, the haloed figure remains a part of Roman mosaics. In a second century C.E. Roman floor ...
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  • |caption=Simone Martini, detail depicting Saint Clare from a fresco (1312–1320) in the Lower basilica of San Francesco, Assisi |birth_place ...
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  • Prophet, depicted in the 1510 Sistine Chapel fresco by Michelangelo.]] Ezekiel (592 to 570 B.C.E.) (Hebrew: יְחֶזְקֵאל—"God will ...
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  • Salzburg is the fourth-largest city in Austria, with a population of 150,000 and is the capital of the federal state of Salzburg. The Baroque ...
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  • Francis]] "exorcised demons" in Arezzo, fresco of Giotto]] Exorcism (from Late Latin exorcismus—to adjure) is the practice of evicting ...
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  • [[Image:Fra Angelico 031.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Detail from fresco by Fra Angelico]] After his death, Saint Benedict became extremely influential ...
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  • Hōryū-ji (法隆寺; Temple of the Flourishing Law) is a Buddhist temple in Ikaruga, Nara Prefecture, Japan. Its full name is Hōryū Gakumonji ...
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  • borrowing from a figure in a Raphael fresco, and perhaps an allegory reflecting the moment when a son attains the skill of his father. ...
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  • (right), from a detail of The School of Athens, a fresco by Raphael. Plato's Republic and Aristotle's Politics secured the two Greek philosophers ...
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  • Sassanid silk import, which was in turn based on a fresco of King Khosrau II fighting Axum Ethiopian forces in Yemen, fifth–sixth century.]] ...
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  • Ceres (Demeter), allegory of August: detail of a fresco by Cosimo Tura, Palazzo Schifanoia, Ferrara, 1469-1470]] In Greek mythology, Demeter ...
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  • Benedict of Nursia (c. 480-543), detail from a fresco by Fra Angelico, San Marco, Florence (c. 1400-1455).]] Christian monasticism first appeared ...
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  • The Alhambra (Arabic: الحمراء—Al-Ħamrā'; literally "the red") is a palace and fortress complex of the Moorish monarchs ...
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  • of Judas by Giotto di Bondone, c. 1306. Fresco in the Scrovegni Chapel, Padua]] The Gospel of Judas, a second century Gnostic gospel, was discovered ...
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  • [[Image:DanteFresco.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Dante in a fresco series of famous men by Andrea del Castagno, c. 1450 (Uffizi Gallery)]] ...
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  • I of Safavid at a banquet Detail from a ceiling fresco; Chehel Sotoun Palace; Isfahan]] The greatest of the Safavid monarchs, Shah Abbas (1587–1629 ...
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  • right|thumb|350px|Contemporary donor's fresco of Ivan Alexander from the Bachkovo Monastery ossuary]] During Ivan Alexander's rule, ...
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  • *Merrifield, Mary P. The Art of Fresco Painting in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Dover Publications, 2004. ISBN 978-0486432939 ...
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  • [[Image:CarDusan.jpg|200px|right|thumb|Fresco of Serbian Czar Stefan ... Famous architects and fresco-painters worked on numerous churches ...
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  • Mithraic Temple. Notable medieval mosaic and fresco art can be found in the churches of Santa Maria in Trastevere, Santi Quattro Coronati and Santa Prassede ...
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  • Ljubljana is the capital and largest city of Slovenia. It is regarded as the cultural, scientific, economic, political and the administrative ...
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  • pigment vermilion to create the reds in the great fresco of Assunta, completed around 1518. Vermilion, however, is a toxic [[mercury (element)|mercury ...
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  • in the city, which is known for its Romanesque fresco. * The Peterskirche close to Marienplatz, which was the focus of the early monastic settlement ...
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  • of Judas by Giotto di Bondone, c. 1306. Fresco in the Scrovegni Chapel, Padua]] In the New Testament, Judas Iscariot (died April 29–33 C.E. ...
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  • were sculpture, panel painting, stained glass, fresco and illuminated manuscript. [[Image:Gothic altar veit stoss.jpg|thumb|200px|Gothic altar ...
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  • with his choice of technique. Instead of the fresco technique, he experimented (as in the Last Supper) with oil binders, hoping to extend the time ...
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