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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 ...

[[Image:Michelangelo - Fresco of the Last Judgement.jpg|right|thumb|250px|[[The Last Judgment (Michelangelo)|The Last Judgement]] - Fresco in ...

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 ...

period, participating in the creation of a fresco in Esztergom, ordered in ... Florentine and Umbrian artists to fresco the walls of the Sistine ...

A still life is a work of art depicting inanimate subject matter, typically commonplace objects which may be either natural (flowers, game, sea ...

[[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 ...

Image:Raffael 013.jpg|Fresco in the Villa Farnesia: Triumph of Galatea ... *La disputa (1509-1510)--Fresco, width at base 770 cm, Vatican, Rome ...

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 ...

also created two of the most influential fresco paintings in the history ... him from his preference for sculpture into fresco painting, so that unfavorable ...

Andrei Rublev (Russian: Андре́й Рублёв, also transliterated Andrey Rublyov, born in the 1360s, died 1427 or January 29, 1430) is ...

[[Image:JMG242.jpg|thumb|Fresco on the wall of a Pompeii house]] [[Image:Pompeiiamphitheatre.jpg|thumb|right|Teatro Grande with a large audience ...

exert a profound influence upon future fresco artists, from Carlo Cignani ... paintings, as seen in the finely finished fresco figures in the great tribune ...

[[Image:TEPOZTLAN FRESCO CONVENTO.jpg|thumb|210px|right|Original frescoes on the walls of Tepoztlán's Dominican convent.]] [[Image:TEPOZTLAN ...

[[Image:773px-Sanzio 01.jpg|right|thumb|360px|Raphael's fresco ... Raphael painted a famous fresco depicting "The School of Athens ...

[[Image:Sanzio 01.jpg|right|thumb|360px|Raphael's fresco The ... Raphael painted a famous fresco depicting "The School of Athens ...

about 1415. Medieval artists also worked in fresco which continued throughout the Renaissance. Fresco is a method by which pigments are mixed with ...

Cross"). A fifteenth-century fresco from the Church of San Francesco ... culminating in one of the most famous fresco cycles of the Renaissance ...

first used during the sixteenth century for fresco painting, a technique involving the application of pigment to a wet lime plaster wall. Once the ...

[[Image:Knossos bull.jpg|thumb|right|300px|A Minoan fresco]] ... mouldings; mural decoration, such as fresco-paintings, coloured reliefs ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

thumb||255px|Martin renounces his weapons, fresco by Simone Martini, Cappella ... 225px|The death of Saint Martin of Tours fresco (Simone Martini) 1317-1319 ...

thumb|right|300px|The Castration of Uranus: fresco by Giorgio Vasari and Cristofano Gherardi, c. 1560 (Sala di Cosimo I, Palazzo Vecchio, Florence)]] ...

appears in mural decoration, whether mosaics or fresco painting on the exteriors and interior of sacred buildings. She is found high above the apse, ...

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. ...

Bourges Cathedral (Cathédrale Saint-Étienne de Bourges) is a cathedral, dedicated to Saint Stephen, located in Bourges, France. It is the seat ...

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 ...

[[Image:Horse-sheba.jpg|thumb|275px|Ethiopian fresco of the Queen of Sheba on her way to Jerusalem, shown riding with sword and lance]] ...

[[File:Apotheosis of George Washington.jpg|thumb|right|400px|The fresco ... Cox. The final scenes depicted in the fresco had not yet occurred when ...

Caspar, two researchers in Boston, the Jacques Fresco group in Princeton University, and a United Kingdom group at King's College London (Clark ...

*Fresco * Pigment *Varnish ==External links== All links retrieved November 18, 2022. *[http://www.ibiblio.org/ecolandtech/rural-skills/homemade/homemade ...

A cherub (Hebrew: כרוב, plural כרובים kruvim) is a supernatural entity mentioned several times in the Hebrew Bible, and in the Christian ...

Bargilla (c. 1423 - 1457), c. 1450. Detached fresco. 247 x 153 cm. Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy.]] Francesco Petrarca or Petrarch (July ...

[[Image:HannibalFrescoCapitolinec1510.jpg|thumb|305px|right|A fresco ... elephants passed into European legend: A fresco detail, c. 1510, Capitoline ...

virgin has the power to tame the unicorn, in this fresco in Palazzo Farnese, Rome, probably by Domenichino, ca 1602]] The unicorn, a legendary ...

An academic conference is a conference for researchers (not always academics) to present and discuss their work. Along with academic or scientific ...

The Buddhas of Bamyan ( بت های باميان - but hay-e bamiyaan) were two monumental statues of standing Buddhas carved into the side of ...

temple by dghirlandaio.jpg|thumb|300px|right|The fresco Zachariah in the Temple by Domenico Ghirlandaio (1486-1490). Detail: Marsilio Ficino, Cristoforo ...

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 ...

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 ...

[[Image:Loza nemanjica.jpg|thumb|150px|The House of Nemanjić, fresco from Visoki Dečani monastery]] The House of Nemanjić (Serbian: Немањићи ...

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 ...

[[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.]] ...

*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 ...

the Tuscan countryside in a Benozzo Gozzoli fresco from c. 1459.]] The most significant accomplishments of the Medici were in the sponsorship ...

Częstochowa ( Tschenstochau , טשענסטעכאוו-Chenstekhov ) is a city in south-central Poland on the Warta River. It was formed from two ...

[[Image:Kariye ic.jpg|thumb|250px|right|A c.1315 fresco depicting the Harrowing of Hell in the parecclesion of the Chora Church, Istanbul.]] ...

Padua ( Padova 'padova , Latin: Patavium, Padoa ) is the capital city and the economic and communications hub of Padova province, in the ...

|caption=Albertus Magnus (fresco, 1352, Treviso, Italy) |birth_place=Lauingen, Bavaria |death_place=Cologne, Germany |titles=Doctor of the Church ...

[[Image:Wheel of life col.jpg|200px|thumb|Fresco on a wall of the Bardan Gompa representing a [[Bhavacakra|Wheel of Life]].]] Buddhism regained ...

[[Image:Horse-sheba.jpg|thumb|275px|Ethiopian fresco of the Queen of Sheba on her way to Jerusalem, shown riding with sword and lance.]] ...

Sassanid style dresses donors to the Buddha (fresco, with detail), Bezeklik, eastern Tarim Basin, China, eighth century.]] Archaeological findings ...

|caption=St. Anne, fresco from Faras, seventh century, National Museum Warsaw |birth_place= |death_place= |titles=Mother of the Blessed Virgin Mary ...

[[Image:Wat phra keaw ramayana fresco.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Ramayana fresco]] After overcoming numerous arduous challenges, Rama entered into ...

[[Image:Leviatan.jpg|thumb|200px|Leviathan in the fresco "The Last Judgment" by Giacomo Rossignolo (1524-1604)]] Psalm 89:9 reiterates ...

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 ...

Raphael's Plato in The School of Athens fresco, probably in the likeness of Leonardo da Vinci.]] Introspection may be used synonymously with ...

loculi, and provide space for artistic decoration. Fresco decorations were typically Roman.Giovanni Rossi, Roma Sotterranea or Some Account of the Roman ...

with a Castle Under Construction, Fresco, showed how perspective could give sculptural depth and drama to a picture. Giorgione, 1478-1510, the ...

[[Image:Averroes closeup.jpg|thumb|left|Averroes, a closeup of a fresco by Raphael]] === Jurisprudence and Law === Averroes is also a highly-regarded ...

before the Sultan - the trial by fire (fresco attributed to Giotto)]] ... 225px|Saint Francis receives the Stigmata (fresco attributed to Giotto).]] ...

asked Antonio di Donnino Mazzieri to paint a fresco at the family's burial site in the Basilica della Santissima Annunziata di Firenze. Andrea ...

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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350px|Resurrection of the Flesh (1499-1502) Fresco by Luca SignorelliChapel of San Brizio, Duomo, Orvieto]] Resurrection is most commonly associated ...

[[Image:Michelangelo - Fresco of the Last Judgement.jpg|right|thumb|250px|[[The Last Judgment (Michelangelo)|The Last Judgement]] - Fresco in ...

[[Image:Michelangelo - Fresco of the Last Judgement.jpg|thumb|200px|The Christian idea of Jesus returning on the clouds may have originated in ...

The golden calf (עגל הזהב), in Jewish tradition, was an idol made by Aaron for the Israelites during Moses' absence on Mount Sinai ...

Platina prefect of the Vatican Library, fresco by Melozzo da Forlì, c. 1477 (Vatican Museums)]] The Vatican Library (Latin: Bibliotheca Apostolica ...

Nicholas, the patron saint of Russian merchants (fresco by Dionisius from the Ferapontov Monastery).]] For his help to the poor, Nicholas is the ...

In the Saint Sophia Cathedral, one may see a fresco representing the whole family: Yaroslav, Irene (as Ingigerd was known in Rus), their five ...

Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology [[Image:Paramore Mausoleum.JPG|right|thumb|200px|The Paramore family mausoleum in ...

Veliky Novgorod, the third largest city in Russia and the administrative center of Novgorod Oblast, has deep historical roots to Russian culture ...

have largely disappeared, save some fresco decorations, the haloed figure remains a part of Roman mosaics. In a second century C.E. Roman floor ...

|caption=Simone Martini, detail depicting Saint Clare from a fresco (1312–1320) in the Lower basilica of San Francesco, Assisi |birth_place ...

Prophet, depicted in the 1510 Sistine Chapel fresco by Michelangelo.]] Ezekiel (592 to 570 B.C.E.) (Hebrew: יְחֶזְקֵאל—"God will ...

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 ...

Francis]] "exorcised demons" in Arezzo, fresco of Giotto]] Exorcism (from Late Latin exorcismus—to adjure) is the practice of evicting ...

[[Image:Fra Angelico 031.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Detail from fresco by Fra Angelico]] After his death, Saint Benedict became extremely influential ...

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 ...

borrowing from a figure in a Raphael fresco, and perhaps an allegory reflecting the moment when a son attains the skill of his father. ...

(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 ...

Sassanid silk import, which was in turn based on a fresco of King Khosrau II fighting Axum Ethiopian forces in Yemen, fifth–sixth century.]] ...

Ceres (Demeter), allegory of August: detail of a fresco by Cosimo Tura, Palazzo Schifanoia, Ferrara, 1469-1470]] In Greek mythology, Demeter ...

Benedict of Nursia (c. 480-543), detail from a fresco by Fra Angelico, San Marco, Florence (c. 1400-1455).]] Christian monasticism first appeared ...

The Alhambra (Arabic: الحمراء—Al-Ħamrā'; literally "the red") is a palace and fortress complex of the Moorish monarchs ...

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 ...

[[Image:DanteFresco.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Dante in a fresco series of famous men by Andrea del Castagno, c. 1450 (Uffizi Gallery)]] ...

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 ...

right|thumb|350px|Contemporary donor's fresco of Ivan Alexander from the Bachkovo Monastery ossuary]] During Ivan Alexander's rule, ...

*Merrifield, Mary P. The Art of Fresco Painting in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Dover Publications, 2004. ISBN 978-0486432939 ...

[[Image:CarDusan.jpg|200px|right|thumb|Fresco of Serbian Czar Stefan ... Famous architects and fresco-painters worked on numerous churches ...

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 ...

Ljubljana is the capital and largest city of Slovenia. It is regarded as the cultural, scientific, economic, political and the administrative ...

pigment vermilion to create the reds in the great fresco of Assunta, completed around 1518. Vermilion, however, is a toxic [[mercury (element)|mercury ...

in the city, which is known for its Romanesque fresco. * The Peterskirche close to Marienplatz, which was the focus of the early monastic settlement ...

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. ...

were sculpture, panel painting, stained glass, fresco and illuminated manuscript. [[Image:Gothic altar veit stoss.jpg|thumb|200px|Gothic altar ...

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 ...

Museo Storico Navale (550x500).jpg|thumb|350px|Fresco of the battle in the Vatican Museum Hall of Maps]] [[Image:Victors of Lepanto.jpg|thumb ...

[[Image:San clemente fresco.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Saints Cyril and Methodius in Rome, fresco in San Clemente]] In 867, Pope Nicholas I invited ...

[[Image:Knossos fresco women.jpg|thumb|275px|right|Fresco showing ... by Raphael's pupils (1520–1524, fresco, Vatican City, Apostolic ...

Cycle of Famous Men and Women. ca. 1450. Detached fresco. 247 x 153 cm. Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy. Artist: Andrea di Bartolo di Bargilla ...

Incense is a material composed of aromatic organic materials that release fragrant smoke when burned. The term incense refers to the substance ...

Brussels ( Bruxelles , bʁysɛl ; Brussel , ˈbrɵsəɫ ), the largest city in Belgium, is also that nation's capital city and its administrative ...

|caption=St Gregory the Theologian: fresco from Kariye Camii, Istanbul, Turkey |birth_place=Arianzum, Cappadocia |death_place=Arianzum, Cappadocia ...

in Italy, where the method employed was generally fresco, painting on freshly-laid, slightly damp plaster. Many fine examples have survived from the Medieval ...

(right), a detail of The School of Athens, a fresco by Raphael. Aristotle gestures to the earth, representing his belief in knowledge through empirical ...

as he interprets the Plaincourault chapel's fresco to be an accurate depiction of the ritual ingestion of Amanita Muscaria as the Eucharist. ...

[[Image:Fresque Mithra Doura Europos.jpg|thumb|270px| A fresco of Mithras and the Bull found in the mithraeum at Marino, Italy (third century).]] ...

[[Image:Bonampak painting.jpg|thumb|250 px|right|A fresco mural at Bonampak in Chiapas, Mexico]] The Maya civilization is a Mesoamerican culture ...

Raphael's Plato in The School of Athens fresco, probably in the likeness of Leonardo da Vinci. Plato gestures to the heavens, representing his belief ...

(right), a detail of The School of Athens, a fresco by Raphael. Aristotle gestures to the earth, representing his belief in knowledge through empirical ...

(right), a detail of The School of Athens, a fresco by Raphael. Aristotle gestures to the earth, representing his belief in knowledge through empirical ...

thief spirits away old crystal ball|author=Adam Fresco|publisher=The Times|date=2004-12-11|accessmonthday=27 October |accessyear=2006 ...

Saint George (ca. 275/281 – April 23, 303 C.E.), also known as George of Lydda, is one of the most venerated saints in the Anglican Church ...

in front of the Gates of Troy. (From a panoramic fresco on the upper level of the main hall of the [[Achilleion (Corfu)|Achilleion)]]]] ...

of drawing and composition. He observed fresco painting first-hand with Mexican muralist, José Clemente Orozco. This organic education in mural ...

Ahmose I (sometimes written Amosis I and "Amenes" and meaning The Moon is Born) was a pharaoh of ancient Egypt and the founder of the ...

On the wall opposite the staircase a fresco by Ovanes Khachatryan depicts three different periods in the history and culture of the Armenian people. ...

Siege of Malta – arrival of the Turkish Fleet. A fresco by Matteo Perez d'Aleccio in the sixteenth century. Probably located in the grand hall ...

the camp to Francesco del Cossa's March fresco depicting men working at a grape arbor. ===The Rock-Drill Section: LXXXV – XCV=== ...

jpg|thumb|right|300px| A thirteenth century fresco of Sylvester and Constantine, showing the purported Donation. Santi Quattro Coronati, Rome]] ...

such as vinegar, in a few cases (paneer, queso fresco). More commonly starter bacteria are employed instead which convert milk sugars into lactic ...

Giovani, Pirandello traces a vast historical fresco, which fits into an entire southern Italian tradition of writing, beginning with the Vicerè of De ...

their works a new character, namely realism. The fresco-paintings, ceramic motifs, reliefs, free sculpture, and toreutic handiwork of Crete provide ...

[[Image:Fresco Iphigeneia MAN Naples.jpg|thumb|right|350px|The sacrifice of Iphigeneia]] In Greco-Roman civilization, possible sites of human ...

century)|Empress Theodora]] and her retinue (fresco from Basilica of San Vitale, sixth century).]] Justinian left his successors a severely depleted ...

with a model of King's Church, a fresco from King's Church at ... Studenica monastery has Byzantine style fresco paintings, and extensive ...

with war elephants passed into European legend: a fresco detail, c. 1510, Capitoline Museums, Rome]] The author of the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica ...

Sweden is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe, bordered by Norway in the west, Finland in the northeast, the Skagerrak ...

child in the presence of the child-snatcher Lilith. Fresco by Filippino Lippi, basilica of Santa Maria Novella, Florence]] The background and ...

Ancient Greece is the period in Greek history that lasted for around one thousand years and ended with the rise of Christianity. It is considered ...

della Scala (Siena)|Santa Maria della Scala]], fresco by Domenico di Bartolo, 1441–1442]] Contemporary medicine is usually conducted within ...

Coconut trees, giant kaleidoscopic lamp posts, al fresco cafès and restaurants, and live acoustic bands dot this two-kilometer stretch beside Bonifacio ...

The Turkish invasion of Cyprus (Turkish: Operation Peace), launched on July 20, 1974, was the Turkish military response against a coup which ...

Sir John Vanbrugh (pronounced "Van'-bru") (January 24, 1664?–March 26, 1726) was an English architect and dramatist, perhaps ...

[[Image:Meister aus Tahull 001.jpg|thumb|Fresco from Church of St. Clement, now in Museo de Arte de Cataluña.]] ====Murals==== The large wall ...

thumb|250px|Constantino Brumidi's 1865 fresco The Apotheosis of Washington is found in the rotunda of the United States Capitol]] ...

style soft farmer's cheese such as Queso Fresco), beef, chicken, pork, and so on. The indigenous part of this and many other traditional foods ...

by other members of the embassy, in a fresco showing the "glory of Pope Paul V." Sala Regia, Quirinal Palace, Rome, 1615.]] ...

300px|Resurrection of the Flesh (1499–1502). Fresco by Luca Signorelli, Chapel of San Brizio, Duomo, Orvieto.]] One strand of belief in the ...

Montenegro, meaning "black mountain" is a small, mountainous state in south-west Balkans, bordering Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina ...

Romania is a country in Southeastern Europe bordering Hungary and Serbia to the west, Ukraine and Moldova to the northeast, and Bulgaria to the south. ...

Sassanid silk import, which was in turn based on a fresco of King Khosrau II fighting Axum [[Ethiopia|Ethiopian]] forces in Yemen, fifth-sixth century]] ...

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe, formerly a part of the Soviet Union, bordering Russia, Romania and the Black Sea. From at least the ninth ...

German nation, appears in Philipp Veit's fresco (1834–36). She is holding a shield with the coat of arms of the German Confederation. The shields ...

became an offshoot version of the mosaic and fresco traditions. Icon paintings in Russia attempted to help people with their prayers without idolizing ...