fresco

Example Sentences

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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

"Well, it really was Meloni but in the same style of the fresco that was there before," he told La Repubblica.

From Barron's • Feb. 4, 2026

The store’s carnicería offers marinated meats, and the cremería features queso fresco and cotija.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 14, 2026

The Spanish parishioner who made headlines around the world for her botched restoration of a prized Jesus Christ fresco has died aged 94.

From BBC • Dec. 29, 2025

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