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ITALIAN FRESCOES

Fresco meaning "fresh" in Italian is the art of painting on fresh plaster with pigments diluted in water. The painting must be done quickly before the base has time to dry, as once it has dried, the painting becomes an actual part of the wall. This is what gives the fresco its uniquely soft colors and delicate transparency.

This technique of painting was known from antiquity. Frescoes were extensively used as wall decoration in Roman times. Indeed, archeologists have unveiled a series of frescoes with explicit sex scenes in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii. Frescoes were especially popular in the Renaissance and Baroque periods and was used to decorate the walls and ceilings of churches, public buildings, and private villas..

Palazzi Pontifici Frescos Numerous exceptional frescos grace the walls of the Palazzi Pontifici in the Vatican painted by Raphael shorlly before his death in 1520.
Frescoes in Parma
The fresco of the "Assumption of the Virgin" in the dome of the cathedral of Parma marks the culmination of Correggio's career as a mural painter and anticipates the Baroque style of dramatically illusionistic ceiling painting.
Giotto: The Scrovegni Chapel
The Arena Chapel in Padua is home to the fabulous frescoes by Giotto.
 
Last Judgement
The Last Judgement - Sistine Chapel

Michelangelo painted "The Last Judgment" 1535-1541 on the altar wall of the Sistine Chapel. The painting includes a stunning 390 figures surrounding Christ.

Scenes from the Life of Moses (A-D)
These scenes from the Sistine Chapel include Moses's Journey into Egypt, Scenes from the Life of Moses, Crossing of the Red Sea, and Moses and the Tables of the Law.
Scenes from the Life of Moses (E-F)
These additional scenes from the Sistine Chapel include the Punishment of Korah, Dathan and Abiram and the Testament and Death of Moses.

Sistine Ceiling
Creation of Adam - Sistine Chapel

Commissioned by Pope Julius II della Rovere in 1508 to repaint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, from 1508 until 1512 Michelangelo worked on his most famous project, the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican. The centrepiece of this enormous work is the instantly recognised "Creation of Adam"
The Scrovegni (Arena) Chapel Giotto's greatest achievement was the series of frescoes he painted inside the Scrovegni, or Arena, Chapel in Padua. Most of these frescoes are scenes from the lives of Jesus and the Virgin Mary
The Kiss of Judas 1304-1306 by Giotto Scrovegni (Arena) Chapel, near Padua
The Baptism of Christ
The fresco is from the cycle of the life of Christ in the Sistine Chapel painted by Perugino and Pinturicchio. c.1482
   
Modern Frescoes
Modern Fresco Gallery
This website is a meeting place for everyone fascinated with Fresco painting, its history and heritage.
ItalianFresco.com
Now you can have your own hand painted fresco by Italian artist Giancarla Zanardi. Each painting done by Giancarla is unique, no two frescoes will ever be the same
ItalianFrescoes.com Classic Decorum ItalianFresco paintings. Authentic wall art on panel fresco painting by italian artists lend an air of the Italian Renaissance or ancient Rome to modern custom design or renovation
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