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Of course, it contained frescoes by Giotto, in the presence of whose tactile values she was capable of feeling what was proper.

The old neglected palazzo, with its lofty carved ceilings and frescoes on the walls, with its floors of mosaic, with its heavy yellow stuff curtains on the windows, with its vases on pedestals, and its open fireplaces, its carved doors and gloomy reception rooms, hung with pictures--this palazzo did much, by its very appearance after they had moved into it, to confirm in Vronsky the agreeable illusion that he was not so much a Russian country gentleman, a retired army officer, as an enlightened amateur and patron of the arts, himself a modest artist who had renounced the world, his connections, and his ambition for the sake of the woman he loved.

Everything that sleep gives birth to that is lovely, its fairy scenes, its flowers and nectar, the wild voluptuousness or profound repose of the senses, had the painter elaborated on his frescoes. It was a composition as soft and pleasing in one part as dark and gloomy and terrible in another.

The decoration of the walls was most elaborate, and, unlike the frescoes in the other buildings I had examined, portrayed many human figures in the compositions.

Or, if passengers desire to visit Parma (famous for Correggio's frescoes) and Bologna, they can by rail go on to Florence, and rejoin the steamer at Leghorn, thus spending about three weeks amid the cities most famous for art in Italy.

Curcic), the frescoes of the 12 th and 14 th centuries (Ch.

Communications Minister Vassiliki Anastasiadou handed over to Cyprus Archbishop Chrysostomos II four fragments of looted frescoes which she brought back home from the Hague.

Pompeii Director Massimo Osanna said one hypothesis is that the home's owner was a rich merchant who wanted to give the impression he was culturally advanced by decorating his house with myth-inspired frescoes.

The beauty of colourful frescoes at Jahangir's Tomb and Shalimar Gardens fascinated me.

Karen Norton-Sinell; FRESCOES BY THE BAY; Tayen Lane Publishing (Nonfiction: Art) 39.99 ISBN: 9780999080702

"Frescoes by the Bay" by professional photographer and award-winning Karen Norton-Sinell is a beautifully crafted two volume coffee table style art book set that photographically illustrates the various murals that were painted in various parts of San Francisco during the historic WPA period from the 1930s.

That is also why I like the Mino da Fiesole terracotta bozzetto, and the sinopia [under-drawings] of frescoes that I have restored in the building that will be my new headquarters.'