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The extraordinary sanctuary offers a “fully private backyard paradise,” the listing states, complete with an al fresco kitchen, fire pit, and tranquil koi pond.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026

Renata Pintus, who heads the masonry department at the Opificio delle Pietre Dure, Florence's famous restoration workshop, told AFP it had been a "privilege" to work on Giotto's famous fresco cycle.

From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026

During warmer months, the patio offers an excellent spot for al fresco dining.

From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2026

The fresco is fragmentary, but the intensity of its emotion shines through.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 11, 2026

Leonardo has transferred his oil technique to fresco painting.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day

We would be sipping ice-cold spritzes at cafés overlooking the Mediterranean, frolicking down cobblestone streets lined with charming boutiques, and marveling at the frescoes and marble sculptures adorning grand cathedrals.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026

Architectural landmarks and art, including mosaics, frescoes and sculptures, have been rapidly demolished.

From Barron's ● Apr. 24, 2026

Shockwaves from a March 9 airstrike also damaged tiles and cracked frescoes at the 17th-century Chehel Sotoun Palace in Isfahan.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026

Even the prosecutor touring a buried villa that’s become a crime scene, illegally stripped of its frescoes, bemoans what’s been lost when thieves rob a people of their ancestors’ memories.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2026

In groups of twenty or thirty, tourists swarmed through the ruins, milling around the villas, wandering the cobblestone paths, gawking at the colourful frescoes and mosaics.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan

Walk through the Convent of San Marco in Florence, and you’ll see Crucifixion after Crucifixion in frescos by the 15th-century painter Fra Angelico.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 12, 2026

The frescos on the ceiling, the intricate wooden and stone carvings that punctuate the space, they’re all in perfect condition.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2025

Inside the breathtaking Art Deco interiors of the Palais de la Porte Doree, Issey Miyake ’s guests admired wall-to-wall frescos and bas-reliefs of exotic scenes lit up in dappled lighting.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 1, 2024

Discoveries so far include golden tiles, jade sculptures, mosaics and frescos, weapons, and remains of three mammoths.

From Reuters ● Aug. 3, 2023

She was tall and majestic, with a somewhat massive figure, like the divinities painted in frescos for ceilings.

From The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) by Vicente Blasco Ib??ez

Once virtually lost to memory after being painted over with whitewash, the frescoes began to be uncovered in the mid-19th century -- but the work left scratches and pockets of white on the frescoed walls.

From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026

The New York County Courthouse's Roman façade and frescoed interiors have played backdrop to many iconic movies and television shows - perhaps, most famously, Goodfellas.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2023

On Tuesday, the two autocratic presidents will dine at a state banquet in a richly frescoed hall used by a long line of Russian czars.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 2023

His body first laid in state in the frescoed Clementine Hall for Vatican staff and then was moved to St. Peter's Basilica for viewing by the public.

From Reuters ● Dec. 30, 2022

The whole of the apse had been taken over by a monumental furnace, and a brick chimney cut right up through the center of the frescoed dome, obliterating the heads of angels.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

The medium made famous by Michelangelo, da Vinci and Fra Angelico, frescoing is a delicate process that entails crushing pigments and painting them into wet plaster before it dries.

From Washington Post ● May 6, 2021

Near the end of his torturous years of frescoing, Michelangelo was painting right over the elevated area where the pope would sit on his gilded throne.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 5, 2012

It seemed as if some goblin Michel Angelo had here done his carving and frescoing at the command of the lords of hell.

From Overland by J. W. (John William) De Forest

They learned also many useful trades; and music, frescoing, and art were taught those who seemed to have an especial taste for such things.

From History of California by Helen Elliott Bandini

It was certainly a model of good taste, while the paintings, statuary, frescoing, and articles of bijouterie were evidences of enormous expenditures.

From Mississippi Outlaws and the Detectives Don Pedro and the Detectives; Poisoner and the Detectives by Allan Pinkerton