10 POLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «A FRESCO»
Discover the use of
a fresco in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
a fresco and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in Polish literature.
A fresco was once here. A fresco said to have the powers to summon demons. It was createddown here to keep it secret fromthe world. There were ceremonies. Selected people invited.So word got out. Peoplewere very credulous. Perhaps ...
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The Great Age of Fresco: Giotto to Pontormo: An Exhibition ... - Strona 46
To make his colors adhere to the dry intonaco the artist had to roughen it slightly and add an adhesive or binder to the pigments. This method is occasionally referred to as << false» fresco. Sin'opia. A large drawing on a wall made in ...
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.), 1968
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Thoughts on the relative value of fresco and oil painting, ... - Strona 30
In the refectory at Milan, Lionardo painted his Last Supper in oil;" on another part of the same room, and on the opposite wall, Montorfano had painted a fresco before Lionardo's work. Lionardo's Last Supper is sadly decayed, whilst the fresco ...
Benjamin Robert Haydon, 1842
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Thoughts on the Relative Value of Fresco and Oil Painting: ... - Strona 30
In the refectory at Milan, Lionardo painted his Last Supper in oil ;* on another part of the same room, and on the opposite wall, Montorfano had painted a fresco before Lionardo's work. Lionardo 's Last Supper is sadly decayed, whilst the fresco ...
Benjamin Robert Haydon, 1842
Howis my little Vicky goingto wielda sledgehammer hard enough to destroy a fresco? on the kitchen floor tiles. Tearing through the hallway I Idart throughthe housesliding my ripopen thefront door andin haste toget outIalmostknock him over.
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A Manual of Fresco and Encaustic Painting: Containing ... - Strona 158
Thenard and D'Arcet published their description of their experiments (1828) it was in perfect condition; but a few years later and up to the present time, it has shown some indication of discoloration, the cause of which seems to be wholly ...
William Benjamin Sarsfield Taylor, 1843
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A Treatise on Fresco, Encaustic and Tempera Painting; ... - Strona 17
It is a tower of great height, of inlaid marbles (corresponding to the duomo), and is adorned with sculptured figures that ... It is related of him, that while engaged on a fresco at Porto Reale (the entrance to Naples), the king Ruberto often visited ...
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The Art of Fresco Painting in the Middle Ages and the ... - Strona 63
But it is objected, that these are evidently not fresco, but distemper painting , and, although I have seen several, ... of the celebrated ancient picture known by the name of the Aldobrandini Marriage, we may conclude that it is a fresco painting.
Mrs. Mary P. Merrifield, 2012
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Art in Chemistry, Chemistry in Art - Strona 121
How is a fresco painting executed? • In a fresco painting, paint and plaster fuse. The artist uses water suspended pigment, which is absorbed on a surface of freshly spread plaster. The plaster must have the proper degree of moisture to absorb ...
Barbara R. Greenberg, Dianne Patterson, 2007
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The Art of Painting in Oil, and in Fresco: Being a History ... - Strona 273
From whatever point the spectator may view a fresco, the effect upon the eye is the same ; because it does not receive any dazzling light to interrupt the visual ray. The colours used in fresco, with the exception of blue, are not of a brilliant order ...
Jean-François-Léonor Mérimée, 1839
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «A FRESCO»
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a fresco is used in the context of the following news items.
New fresco by Ben Long comes to Wingate University museum
N.C. artist Ben Long created a fresco for Wingate University's new Hinson Art Museum, The 10-foot-by-7-foot free-standing piece is called “True Art is to Conceal ... «Charlotte Observer, Sep 15»
Pensioner turns priceless fresco into 'Monkey Jesus': The Opera
Three years after an octogenerian achieved worldwide notoriety when an attempt to spruce up a fresco of Christ went disastrously wrong, she is about to find ... «The Local.es, Aug 15»
Pompeii fresco depicts hapless Priapus with a painful condition
A fresco in the House of Vettii in the ancient ruins of Pompeii shows the god weighing his huge member against a bag of gold. In Greek mythology, Priapus was ... «Ancient Origins, Jun 15»
Tiny Hawaiian chapel's big surprise: a fresco by France's Jean Charlot
One of its most remarkable features is a fresco that hangs behind the altar. It was created by French artist Jean Charlot, who first visited Hawaii in 1949 to create ... «Los Angeles Times, Apr 15»
El "productor" colombiano que le pidió ayuda a Fresco: "Yo lo …
¿De dónde conoce a Fresco?, le preguntó TN.com.ar. "De la Matanza, yo le hice trabajos en su parrilla hace dos años y medio. Trabajos de carpintería", explicó ... «TN.com.ar, Mar 15»
Artemis fresco stolen from Pompeii
(ANSAmed) - Naples, March 18 - A portion of a fresco of Apollo and Artemis has been stolen from the world-famous archeological site of Pompeii, Italian dailies ... «ANSAmed, Mar 14»
Botched Christ fresco restorer opens new art exhibition in Spain
The Spanish woman whose botched attempt to restore a fresco of Christ inspired ridicule, was celebrating on Tuesday, as her own exhibition pulled in the ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Aug 13»
Early Images of American Indians Found in a Vatican Fresco
ROME – Vatican officials say they have found what could be the first European images of American Indians in a fresco painted within two years of Christopher ... «New York Times, May 13»
Terahertz scanner reveals hidden fresco at Louvre
A technique based on the same kind of technology used in airport scanners has revealed images beneath a fresco held at the Louvre museum in Paris. «BBC News, Apr 13»
Bedford coffee shop boasts Michelangelo fresco recreation
A fresco painted on the side of a Bedford coffee house using an ancient artform ... Libyan Sibyl has been recreated on the outside wall of Frescoes in Mill Street. «BBC News, Jan 13»
