fresco
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The fresco is fragmentary, but the intensity of its emotion shines through.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026
On loan from the Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest, it is the only surviving fragment of a “Celestial Glory” fresco by Giotto and his workshop.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026
Go the Capitol rotunda and look up at the dome, where Constantino Brumidi’s fresco The Apotheosis of Washington, painted during the Civil War, shows Washington in heaven, flanked by goddesses.
From Slate • Feb. 16, 2026
The face of an angel on a restored church fresco in Rome that sparked outrage because of its likeness to Italy's prime minister, has been crudely scrubbed out by the artist who painted it.
From BBC • Feb. 4, 2026
It took a moment before I realized that it was a leafy replica of Michelangelo’s fresco of Adam from the Sistine Chapel.
From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs
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