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Leonardo used oils and a thick undercoat of wax which caused the colours to run, and both frescoes were ultimately abandoned. The closest approximation we have to Leonardo’s painting is Rubens’ drawing, based on an earlier engraving that may have used the cartoon as its source.

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2021-07-18

Today we've chosen this stunning depiction of a Bacchic rite from the Villa of Mysteries in Pompeii - the fifth of seven similar frescoes.

Here a woman kneels before a priestess beside a mynaed or thyiad and a figure holding a thyrsus.

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2021-07-02

Wannabe royal and Brits…#Shekhawati frescoes in

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2021-07-01

The archaeological park at Pompeii is celebrating the return of six Roman frescoes
https://t.co/Qj8X7CLaFB

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2021-06-30

Saw an exhibit today showcasing MGM's scenic artist's backdrops recreating the Sistine Chapel frescoes for the movie "The Shoes of the Fisherman". The painters did such a good job, the Vatican was enraged thinking the movie had somehow been wrongly allowed to film there. Respect.

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2021-06-28

Instantly recognisable style of Jean Charlot (French/Mexican 1898-1979). Best known for monumental frescoes that show the influence of Mayan art. https://t.co/9dYyBNIjiw

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2021-06-16

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In memory of Jacopo Robusti
called Tintoretto (1518-94) 🎨🇮🇹

"Allegoria della Musica"
image © Masterpieces of Art

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2021-05-31

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Apollo and the Muses and related stories

Ceiling fresco
Tommaso Conca (1734-1822) 🖌️🇮🇹
Vatican Museums, Vatican City

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2021-05-29

Some stunning frescoes from Pompeii & Rome and a view inside the galleries of the same exhibition

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2021-05-25

Damaged frescoes in Certosa del Galluzzo, Florence, unexpectedly have extra visionary power. By Pontormo, born OTD 1494.

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2021-05-25

4 Frescoes (detail images) found from the ruins that reveal "Life In Pompeii"

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2021-05-24

Frescoes from the middle of the VII AD preserved in Santa Maria Antiqua from Roma It represents Christ

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2021-05-20

🎨🏰🐴⏳ The Battle of Anghiari, Fresco by Leonardo da Vinci, 1505, Copy by Peter Paul Rubens

The Battle of Anghiari (1505) is a lost painting by Leonardo da Vinci, known as "The Lost Leonardo", believed hidden beneath one of the frescoes in the Salone dei Cinquecento...

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2021-05-18

Look at Vasnetsov too! He is mostly known as fairy tales illustrator, but his Apocalypse frescoes are UNDESERVEDLY unseen

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2021-05-13

You can expect gods, goddesses and the importance of myth in the ancient world and beyond. Here’s Venus the patron of Pompeii and Ariadne abandoned by Theseus as depicted in Pompeii frescoes...

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2021-05-10

While doing yet another artwork check for CLC Book 1 I'm reminded of a perk of my job: getting my favourite frescoes into the book....

First up, Cupids Playing Hide and Seek...

Image credit

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2021-05-07

The majority of well preserved frescoes were found in in the region around the Bay of It is here that Mount erupted in August, 79 A.D., burying much of the countryside, the cities of and


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2021-05-07

World Art Day - Michelangelo, 1475 – 1564, Creation of Adam, The Sistine Chapel ceiling frescoes

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2021-04-16