together with the fresco of the Villa of the Mysteries [a similar painting discovered in Pompeii over 100 years ago] constitutes a one-of-a-kind, making Pompeii an extraordinary testimony to an ...

A fresco is a painting technique in which the colours are quickly applied to a fresh wet layer of plaster, typically on a ceiling or wall. As the plaster dries, the colours are absorbed and fixed ...

In 2012, Cecilia Giménez noticed that a fresco of Jesus Christ at her local parish was damaged. She tried to fix it herself, but ended up ruining the painting, which was mocked all over the internet.

Created more than a century before the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 C.E., the wall paintings provide rare insights into secret rituals conducted in the Roman city ...

Fresco painting, a technique that dates back to antiquity, involves applying dry pigments to wet plaster, creating stunning artwork that can last for centuries. Over time, however, these ...

POMPEII, Italy - Archaeologists in Pompeii have discovered a new fresco, a type of mural painting, giving them more insight into the Dionysiac rituals in the ancient world. Dig deeper ...

In the recently uncovered House of Thiasos, archaeologists discovered an exceptionally large fresco portraying mysterious ...

I’m not an artist by any stretch, so when I started poking around Adobe’s Fresco, the drawing and painting app for the iPad and iPhone, I approached the app with trepidation. I shouldn’t have. Fresco ...

The priceless work of art is a fresco. A fresco doesn’t hang on a wall. It is part of a wall, the paint embedded in the plaster. The wall in question, part of the Apostolic Palace, is more than 18 ...

Due to this peculiarity, archaeologists have named the residence where the fresco is located the House of the Thiasos. The frieze has been attributed to the Second Style of Pompeian painting, dated ...

In Canada, the al fresco experience includes more than dining ... I can make recommendations about painting or adding new pieces. As a designer I can marry the existing with some of the newer ...