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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 ...19 KB (2,898 words) - 01:56, 23 December 2022
- Francis]] "exorcised demons" in Arezzo, fresco of Giotto]] Exorcism (from Late Latin exorcismus—to adjure) is the practice of evicting ...20 KB (3,223 words) - 23:55, 24 March 2024
- [[Image:Fra Angelico 031.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Detail from fresco by Fra Angelico]] After his death, Saint Benedict became extremely influential ...20 KB (3,232 words) - 09:12, 27 September 2023
- 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 ...23 KB (3,463 words) - 00:01, 25 August 2023
- borrowing from a figure in a Raphael fresco, and perhaps an allegory reflecting the moment when a son attains the skill of his father. ...23 KB (3,452 words) - 18:55, 21 May 2024
- (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 ...23 KB (3,233 words) - 08:37, 24 November 2022
- Sassanid silk import, which was in turn based on a fresco of King Khosrau II fighting Axum Ethiopian forces in Yemen, fifth–sixth century.]] ...22 KB (3,389 words) - 07:18, 16 June 2023
- Ceres (Demeter), allegory of August: detail of a fresco by Cosimo Tura, Palazzo Schifanoia, Ferrara, 1469-1470]] In Greek mythology, Demeter ...20 KB (3,054 words) - 09:24, 28 January 2024
- Benedict of Nursia (c. 480-543), detail from a fresco by Fra Angelico, San Marco, Florence (c. 1400-1455).]] Christian monasticism first appeared ...25 KB (3,878 words) - 09:13, 27 September 2023
- The Alhambra (Arabic: الحمراء—Al-Ħamrā'; literally "the red") is a palace and fortress complex of the Moorish monarchs ...22 KB (3,517 words) - 00:37, 9 January 2023
- 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 ...24 KB (3,824 words) - 04:26, 24 May 2024
- [[Image:DanteFresco.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Dante in a fresco series of famous men by Andrea del Castagno, c. 1450 (Uffizi Gallery)]] ...23 KB (3,672 words) - 22:11, 25 January 2024
- 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 ...23 KB (3,547 words) - 18:36, 22 December 2022
- right|thumb|350px|Contemporary donor's fresco of Ivan Alexander from the Bachkovo Monastery ossuary]] During Ivan Alexander's rule, ...28 KB (4,067 words) - 06:32, 11 March 2024
- *Merrifield, Mary P. The Art of Fresco Painting in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Dover Publications, 2004. ISBN 978-0486432939 ...24 KB (3,613 words) - 19:19, 16 December 2022
- [[Image:CarDusan.jpg|200px|right|thumb|Fresco of Serbian Czar Stefan ... Famous architects and fresco-painters worked on numerous churches ...50 KB (7,230 words) - 10:05, 11 March 2023
- 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 ...25 KB (3,724 words) - 04:59, 16 December 2022
- Ljubljana is the capital and largest city of Slovenia. It is regarded as the cultural, scientific, economic, political and the administrative ...26 KB (3,718 words) - 07:46, 9 March 2023
- pigment vermilion to create the reds in the great fresco of Assunta, completed around 1518. Vermilion, however, is a toxic [[mercury (element)|mercury ...29 KB (4,213 words) - 06:14, 24 November 2022
- in the city, which is known for its Romanesque fresco. * The Peterskirche close to Marienplatz, which was the focus of the early monastic settlement ...26 KB (3,859 words) - 02:35, 11 March 2023
