#fresco

[the-cricket-chirps]

Dolphins Fresco, Palace of Knossos (& detail)

c. 1700-1450 B.C.

[livesunique]

Schloss Hollenegg, Schwanberg, Deutschlandsberg, Styria

Photo by Simon Watson.

[ancientrome]

Fresco with a religious procession.

[illustratus]

[madeleineengland]

Church of S. Giovanni Battista in Racconigi (Italy)

[ancientcharm]

Another frescoes recently found in Pompeii, extraordinarily preserved on the wall of a triclinium (dining room).

Photos: Pompeii-Parco Archeologico

[uncleclaudius]

Floor fresco of a dog and an overturned vessel. Alexandria, 2nd century BCE.

EDIT: It's a mosaic.

[lionofchaeronea]

Entry of Christ into Jerusalem, Pietro Lorenzetti, ca. 1320

[amatesura]

Lucanian fresco tomb painting, 4th century BC Museo di Paestum

[theancientwayoflife]

~ Polyphemus and Galatea: Fresco of the Fourth style from Pompeii or Herculaneum.

Date: A.D. 45-79

Provinience: Naples, National Archaeological Museum, Hall LXIX (Napoli, Museo archeologico nazionale, Sala LXIX); Pompeii, Archaeological Park, Herculaneum, Archaeological Park.

[dixt]

fresco in chatsworth house, england ⋅ by antonio verrio, c. 1691

[greekmythcomix]

Inspired by the recent excavations and new frescos at Pompeii

Our friend Papilio the Painter from ‘Amarantus and his Neighbours’ (Caroline Lawrence and CSCP) for Dr Sophie Hay

With apologies to the painters of Pompeii

PHOTO BBC/TONYJOLIFFE

[livesunique]

Harlaxton Manor, Harlaxton, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom,

Matt Andrew Photography

[ancientrome]

Fresco from Pompeii.

[shisasan]

The House of Vettii frescoes, Pompeii 79AD

[illustratus]

Lucrezia Borgia by Pinturicchio

Detail from the Disputation of St Catherine of Alexandria