fresco
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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
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
"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
Von Stuck delights in contrasts: On the “Orpheus wall,” he enthrones the mythical lyre-player above tamed animals in an architectural fresco based on Pompeian murals.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026
His hair was messy, but he had a magnificent smile, which immediately ranked him in the category of human beings who deserved to be painted into the gigantic fresco in her bedroom.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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