fresco
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It also invites comparison with Giotto’s celebrated fresco of the crucifixion in the transept of the lower church.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026
One of the leader’s admirers, a restorer working on a fresco at Rome’s Basilica of San Lorenzo in Lucina, etched her likeness onto the face of an angel holding up a map of Italy.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 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
However the fresco at the centre of this controversy was not old - it was painted in 2000 and was not heritage protected.
From BBC • Feb. 4, 2026
An altar originally stood in front of the fresco, marking the transition between the upper and lower portions.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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