Word Finder - fresco

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A cool, refreshing state of the air; coolness, duskiness, shade.

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An artwork made by applying water-based pigment to wet or fresh lime mortar or plaster.

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The technique used to make such an artwork.

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To paint using fresco.

The fresco paintings in the galleries are perhaps the most interesting of the extant remains.

The same painter produced a fresco at Lyndhurst Church, Hants.

They look great when put outside and can be used to line a walkway, hung on fence posts to add a little light, or placed on tables for al fresco dining.

This makes them great for using on tables when you're dining al fresco.

The miracle forms the subject of a celebrated fresco by Raphael in the Vatican.

Severo contains Raphael's first independent fresco (1505), much damaged by restoration.

Here was what seems to have been the basement of a very large hall or " Megaron," approached directly from the central court, and near this were found further reliefs, fresco representations of scenes of the bull-ring with female as well as male toreadors, and remains of a magnificent gaming-board of gold-plated ivory with intarsia work of crystal plaques set on silver plates and blue enamel (cyanus).

A fragmentary fresco taken from a tomb at Medum was desposited some years ago, though in a decaying condition, in the Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, Cairo.

Both the roof and the walls are almost universally coated with stucco and covered with fresco paintings - in the earlier works merely decorative, in the later always symbolical or historical.

The atrium has a fresco by Bartolo di Fredi and the two ground-floor halls contain a Coronation of the Virgin by Sano di Pietro and a splendid Resurrection by Sodoma.

As in Venice, many of the 16th-century palaces in Verona had stuccoed facades, richly decorated with large fresco paintings, often by very able painters.

Of his decorative paintings, the best known are the elegant compositions (in spirit fresco) on the walls of the Victoria and Albert Museum, representing "The Industrial Arts of War and Peace."

The principal village within the forest is Lyndhurst (pop. 2167 in 1901); its church contains a fresco by Lord Leighton, and here is held the verderers' court, which since 1887 has had charge of the crown portion of the forest.

To commemorate his Sicilian victory, he caused it to be pictorially represented on the wall of the Curia Hostilia, the first example of an historical fresco at Rome.

The municipal art gallery contains an altar-piece by Girolamo da Treviso (who also painted a fresco in the Chiesa della Commenda), a wooden St Jerome by Donatello, and a bust of the young St John by Antonio Rossellino (?), and some fine specimens of majolica, a variety of which, faience, takes its name from the town.

Of the fresco and stucco decorations of the walls and ceilings, less is naturally preserved.

Domenico contains a good fresco (Madonna and saints) by Giovanni Santi, the father of Raphael.

It possesses a town hall, a grammar school (1576), and a Martyr's Memorial HallThe most noteworthy building, however, is the parish church, restored in 1863, which contains a curious old fresco and several interesting brasses, and has a Norman tower.

Most of the interior walls of the caves were covered with fresco paintings, of a considerable degree of merit, and somewhat in the style of the early Italian painters.

In the same building there is also a picture gallery, in which is Raphael's cartoon for his fresco the "School of Athens" in the Vatican.

One of its most interesting edifices is the Fugger Haus, of which the entire front is painted in fresco.

The church of the mother parish of South Bersted is Norman and Early English, and retains a fresco of the 16th century.

A fresco bearing the figure of a woman holding lilies and a vase was also found in the " Palace of Cadmus " at Thebes (1916), where many Early Mycenaean graves were also excavated.

The 13th-century church of San Biagio (Blaise) has a remarkable 14th-century fresco, while the collegiate church of San Stefano dates from the 16th century.

Tradition ascribes to Leonardo an attractive fresco of a Madonna with a donor in the convent of St Onofrio, but this seems to be clearly the work of Boltraffio.

Large covered terrace with built-in barbecue for relaxed dining al fresco looking over the large pool.

Model Gardens II - Mediterranean Garden Sven designs a secluded courtyard perfect for al fresco entertaining.

The aft deck is perfect for al fresco entertaining - day or night.

He is also responsible for the extensive cycles of mosaic and fresco decoration, from which the church is justifiably famous.

Summer would not be complete without some al fresco eating.

In 1845 he painted the fresco of " The Spirit of Religion " for the House of Lords.

Drink or dine next to a blazing log fire in winter or 'Al fresco ' on our secluded patio in summer.

Alta staff offer gourmet dining inside, or an equally elegant al fresco meal on the foredeck.

A fine fresco of Apollo playing a lyre - see picture - is thought to represent the young Nero.

Al fresco Shakespeare has aways struck me as a peculiar form of British masochism.

Door to large poolside patio including table & chairs for al fresco dining.

The tuition focuses on traditional methods, particularly in the use of egg tempera or fresco, echoing the cultural history of the region.

There is a covered terrace running along the length of the house, ideal for dining al fresco.

In the council chamber of the town-hall (1288-1323) is a fresco by Lippo Memmi of the Madonna enthroned of 1317, copied closely from the similar fresco (the "Majestas") by his master Simone di Martino in the Palazzo Pubblico at Siena; there is also a curious frescoed frieze of 1291, with knights in armour.

The battle is represented in Giulio Romano's fresco from Raphael's design in the Stanza dell' Incendio in the Vatican.

Of his early productions, which are distinguished for their grace and beauty, the most important is the fresco of the Last Judgment, in which he was assisted by his friend Mariotto Albertinelli.

The crucial example of this is what Richard Strauss has ingeniously called the "al fresco" treatment of instruments in large orchestral masses (Berlioz-Strauss, Instrumentationslehre, edition Peters)..

The latter has other interesting pictures, including a fresco representing an apprentice with pestle and mortar (Pestapepe), the only authentic work in Forli of Melozzo da Forli (1438-1494), an eminent master whose style was formed under the influence of Piero della Francesca, and who was the master of Palmezzano; the frescoes in the Sforza chapel in SS.

Gregorio is built into a Roman tetrastyle Corinthian temple, two columns of which and the cella are still preserved; the site of the Roman theatre can be distinguished; and the church and convent of the Annunziata (with two fine cloisters and a good fresco by Cola d'Amatrice in the refectory) are erected upon large Roman substructures of concrete, which must have supported some considerable building.

These forms are more agreeable to the fancy and imagination than fresco paintings or other the most expensive furniture.

A small amount of beeswax is sometimes used to give a chalky impasto reminiscent of fresco painting.

Sgraffito designs have been combined with other graphic techniques such as fresco, and with other materials, such as mosaics.

Each has a private shady terrace for al fresco dining.

Yugoslav fresco and beyond, St. Peter is always portrayed with curly, shortish hair and a rounded white beard.

Purchase the freshest of fruits and vegetables and enjoy lunch ' al fresco ' followed by a well earned siesta by the pool !