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Do not fill this in! ==Selected examples of frescoes== [[File:DomenichinounicornPalFarnese.jpg|thumb|right|''Virgin and Unicorn (A Virgin with a Unicorn)'', [[Palazzo Farnese]] by [[Domenichino]] {{circa|1602}}]] [[File:Simberg, fresco The Wounded Angel.jpg|thumb|right|''The Wounded Angel'', [[Tampere Cathedral]] by [[Hugo Simberg]] (1873–1917)]] [[File:FERNANDO LEAL Miracles of the Virgin of Guadalupe, Fresco Mexico City.jpg|thumb|upright=0.9|[[Fernando Leal (artist)|Fernando Leal]], ''Miracles of the Virgin of Guadalupe'', Fresco Mexico City]] [[File:Prometheus (1930) de José Clemente Orozco en Pomona College.jpg|thumb|''[[Prometheus (Orozco)|Prometheus]]'', [[Pomona College]] by [[José Clemente Orozco]] 1930]] === Ancient and Early Medieval === * [[List of Aegean frescos|Ancient Aegean frescoes]] * [[Etruscan art#Wall-painting|Etruscan tomb frescoes]] * [[Pompeian Styles|Frescoes of Pompeii]] * [[Catacombs of Rome#Gallery of paintings from the catacombs of Rome|Frescoes from the Roman catacombs]] (see also [[Early Christian art and architecture]]) * [[Castelseprio (archaeological park)|Castelseprio]] === Bulgaria === * [[Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Sofia]] * [[Bachkovo Monastery]] * [[Boyana Church]] * [[Church of St. George, Sofia]] * [[Rila Monastery]] * [[Rock-hewn Churches of Ivanovo]] * [[Roman Tomb (Silistra)]] * [[Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak]] * [[Thracian tomb of Aleksandrovo]] * [[Transfiguration Monastery]] === Colombia === * [[Santiago Martinez Delgado]] frescoed a mural in the Colombian Congress Building, and also in the Colombian National Building. === Czechia === * [[Rotunda of Saint Catherine]] in [[Znojmo]] === France === * [[Saint-Esprit, Paris]] === Italy === ==== Late Medieval-Quattrocento ==== * Panels (including Giotto(?), Lorenzetti, Martini and others) in upper and lower [[Basilica of San Francesco d'Assisi]] * [[Giotto di Bondone|Giotto]], [[Cappella degli Scrovegni]] (Arena Chapel), [[Padua, Italy|Padua]] * ''Camposanto'', [[Pisa]] * [[Tommaso Masaccio|Masaccio]], [[Brancacci Chapel]], Santa Maria del Carmine, [[Florence]] * [[Ambrogio Lorenzetti]], [[Palazzo Pubblico]], [[Siena]] * [[Piero della Francesca]], Chiesa di San Francesco, [[Arezzo]] * [[Domenico Ghirlandaio|Ghirlandaio]], ''[[Cappella Tornabuoni]]'', [[Santa Maria Novella]], Florence * ''[[The Last Supper (Leonardo)|The Last Supper]]'', [[Leonardo da Vinci]], Milan (technically a [[tempera]] on plaster and stone, not a true fresco<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.bringyou.to/apologetics/LeonardoLastSupper.htm| title = Restoration of the Last Supper 1498 - Leonardo da Vinci 1452-1519 - The Last Supper St. Apostle John Comparison<!-- Bot generated title -->| access-date = 29 October 2021| archive-date = 27 November 2020| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201127014127/http://www.bringyou.to/apologetics/LeonardoLastSupper.htm| url-status = dead}}</ref>) * [[Sistine Chapel]] Wall series: [[Sandro Botticelli|Botticelli]], [[Pietro Perugino|Perugino]], [[Rossellini]], [[Luca Signorelli|Signorelli]], and [[Domenico Ghirlandaio|Ghirlandaio]] * [[Luca Signorelli]], Chapel of San Brizio, Duomo, [[Orvieto]] ==== High Renaissance ==== {{See also|High Renaissance}} * [[Michelangelo]], [[Sistine Chapel ceiling]] * [[Raphael]], [[Raphael Rooms]] * [[Raphael]], [[Villa Farnesina]] * [[Giulio Romano]]'s [[Palazzo del Tè]], Mantua * [[Andrea Mantegna|Mantegna]], [[Camera degli Sposi]], [[Palazzo Ducale di Mantova|Palazzo Ducale]], [[Mantua]] * The dome of the [[Florence Cathedral]] * [[The Loves of the Gods (Carracci)|The Loves of the Gods]], [[Annibale Carracci]], [[Palazzo Farnese]], Rome * [[Allegory of Divine Providence and Barberini Power (Cortona)|Allegory of Divine Providence and Barberini Power]], [[Pietro da Cortona]], [[Palazzo Barberini]] * Ceilings, [[Giovanni Battista Tiepolo]], (New Residenz) Würzburg, (Royal Palace) Madrid, (Villa Pisani) Stra, and others; Wall scenes (Villa Valmarana and Palazzo Labia) * Nave ceiling, [[Andrea Pozzo]], Sant'Ignazio, Rome === Mexico === * [[Fresco Cycle of The Miracles of the Virgin of Guadalupe]] by Fernando Leal, at [[Basilica of Guadalupe]], [[Mexico City]] * [[Fresco Cycle of Bolivar's Epic]] by Fernando Leal, at [[Colegio de San Ildefonso]], Mexico City : {{a note}} ''Fresco cycle, a series of frescos done about a particular subject'' === Serbian Medieval === * [[Visoki Dečani]] * [[Gračanica monastery]] * [[Studenica monastery]] * [[Mileševa monastery]] === United States === * ''[[Prometheus (Orozco)|Prometheus]]'' in [[Pomona College]]'s Frary Dining Hall. Painted in 1930 by [[José Clemente Orozco]], it is the first example of a modern, Mexican fresco mural in the U.S.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Scott |first1=David W. |title=Orozco's Prometheus: Summation, Transition, Innovation |journal=[[College Art Journal]] |date=1957 |volume=17 |issue=1 |pages=2–18 |doi=10.2307/773653 |jstor=773653 |issn=1543-6322}}</ref> * [[St. Ann's Church Complex (Woonsocket, Rhode Island)|St. Ann Arts and Cultural Center]] in Woonsocket, RI. Home of the largest collection of fresco paintings in North America. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! 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