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Fresco (plural frescos or frescoes) is a technique of mural painting executed upon freshly laid, or wet lime plaster. Water is used as the vehicle for the dry-powder pigment to merge with the plaster, and with the setting of the plaster, the painting becomes an integral part of the wall. The word fresco (Italian: affresco) is derived from the Italian adjective fresco meaning “fresh”, and may thus be contrasted with fresco-secco or secco mural painting techniques, which are applied to dried plaster, to supplement painting in fresco. The fresco technique has been employed since antiquity and is closely associated with Italian Renaissance painting,More info:wiki

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#10 ”Fresco-Hunting” Photo Research Expedition to Medieval Balkan Churches,More info:bhfieldschool

#9 Photo Of The Day: The Ceiling Fresco at Seitenstetten Abbey, Austria,More info:themindcircle

#8 The Late Bronze Age c. 1500-1100 BCE LATE MINOAN PAINTING,More info:arthistoryresources

The original Court of the Stone Spout was probably an open space; later two walls were built running east-west. The fresco fragments were found in the upper layers of débris in the south-west corner. Further fragments were found in 1902 when later rubble was cleared. The original fresco may have decorated a room above. The fragments belong to several within decorative frames. Each panel evidently depicted a scene from the bull-games. It was possible (or so believed) to restore one of the panels with confidence.

The painting combines observation of nature and a probable court and religious ritual. The great bull is shown in full charge with all four feet off the ground and the body fully stretched into a flying gallop, all artistic conventions to indicate the speed and fury of the animal’s charge.

A closer examination shows that the artist has further distorted the bull’s shape to emphasize its power, especially in the neck and shoulders, which are very thick in comparison with the stubby legs. The bull is painted more or less naturalistically in brown and white, while the human figures, large in relation to the animal to emphasize their importance, are painted white and red.

#7 Reproduction of the “Ladies in Blue” fresco,ca. 1525–1450 B.C,More info:metmuseum

#6 Fresco Painting Techniques,More info:traditionalbuilding

#5 Buon Fresco: Materials & Techniques,More info:traditionalbuilding

#4 Consolidation Work at Pompeii Reveals New Fresco of Priapus,More info:iitaly

For the ancient Greeks and Romans, the image of Priapus represented the origin of life itself, plus good luck and business success. Now, during consolidation work at Pompeii, archaeologists discovered a fresco painting of Priapus, weighing on a scale his huge phallus against a pile of coins.