fresco
Example Sentences
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They have refused to play some nights, on one occasion putting on a free al fresco show a few winding streets away instead.
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
Arianna de Gregoriis, 23, said she had come to see the Meloni fresco and was returning after reading the news that the face had been deleted.
From Barron's • Feb. 4, 2026
It works: the fresco is incredibly subtle and layered.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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