Renaissance frescoes
Painted plaster murals
Renaissance frescoes are mural paintings created during the European Renaissance (roughly 14th–17th centuries) using a technique where pigment is applied to wet plaster, bonding permanently as it dries.
The method produced the era's most celebrated artworks—Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling, Raphael's Vatican rooms.
The tour focused on Renaissance frescoes in Florence.
The term often evokes monumental religious and mythological scenes on church and palace walls.
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- patron saintsHoly advocates for groups
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Nonrepresentational art emphasizing spontaneous emotion
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