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Exploring the Art of Fresco Painting

This quiz explores the rich history and techniques of fresco painting, highlighting key artists, architectural contributions, and significant locations associated with this art form.

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1 By the end of the sixteenth century this had largely displaced buon fresco, and was used by painters such as ________ or Michelangelo.

2 ________, the famous Italian architect of the 16th century, built many mansions with plain exteriors and stunning interiors filled with frescoes.

3 One of the first painters in the post-classical period to use this technique was the Isaac Master in the Upper Basilica of Saint Francis in ________.

4 The Chola fresco paintings were discovered in 1931 within the circumambulatory passage of the ________ in India and are the first Chola specimens discovered.

5 Piero della Francesca, Chiesa di San Francesco, ________

6 The Ducal Rotunda of the Virgin Mary and St Catherine in Znojmo, ________

7 Masaccio, Brancacci Chapel, Santa Maria del Carmine, ________

8 ________, Chapel of San Brizio, Duomo, Orvieto

9 Fresco (plural either frescos or frescoes) is any of several related ________ types, done on plaster on walls or ceilings.

10 In ________ too, church wall paintings or kalkmalerier were widely used in the middle ages (first Romanesque then Gothic) and can be seen in some 600 Danish churches as well as in churches in the south of Sweden which was Danish at the time.

💡 Interesting Facts

  • the German fresco painter Johannes Zick (pictured: self-portrait) started his career as a blacksmith in his father's workshop.
  • the 110-foot (34 m) fresco The Age of Reptiles is the largest painting on the subject of natural history in the world.
  • the mosque of Kalenderhane (pictured) in Istanbul contained the most ancient cycle of frescoes portraying Saint Francis of Assisi still extant.
  • the Tornabuoni Chapel in Florence contains one of the largest fresco-cycles (pictured) in the city, with many details showing the life of Domenico Ghirlandaio's day.
  • the late Roman Red Church near Perushtitsa in Bulgaria featured frescoes of apocryphal scenes such as the flight of Elizabeth and the murder of Zechariah, John the Baptist's parents.
  • the important medieval fresco cycle in Castelseprio, Italy, (pictured) was rediscovered only in 1944.
  • Salvia fruticosa or Greek sage (pictured) was depicted on a 1400-BCE Minoan fresco on the island of Crete, and is still grown and used widely today.
  • Sheesh Mahal ("Palace of Mirrors" in English) in Lahore Fort was originally decorated with frescoes that were later replaced with pietra dura and convex glass and mirror mosaic.
  • German painter Ludwig Thiersch influenced the debate over Byzantine and Western influences in modern Greek art, and painted church frescoes in Greece, Austria, Germany, England, and Russia.
  • Florentine law required the commissioning of unflattering frescoes, pittura infamante (representation pictured), on the exterior of the Bargello, of those found in contempt of court for financial offenses.
  • Masaccio's fresco The Tribute Money (pictured) is linked to Pope Martin V's 1423 agreement that the Florentine church be subjected to state tax.
  • Aline Hofheimer painted a 126-foot fresco representing aviation history in Roosevelt Field, Long Island.
  • semi-domes (pictured) are a typical focus for mosaic or fresco icons in Byzantine art.
  • Austrian Baroque painter Paul Troger was known for his frescoes in Austrian abbeys (example pictured).
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