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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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