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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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