Fresco painting, a technique that dates back to antiquity, involves applying dry pigments to wet plaster, creating stunning artwork that can last for centuries. Over time, however, these ...
The US Capitol building in Washington, DC, is adorned with multiple lavish murals created in the 19th century by Italian artist Constantino ... including frescoes. Among the issues facing ...
From Ponza, we traveled to the mainland to attempt communion with a different type of spiritual surround– the fresco cycles of Luca Signorelli’s paintings in the San Brizio chapel in Orvieto ...
She's spent months uncovering an Albrizio fresco thought to have been lost to layers of paint and water damage in Hurricane Katrina's wake. Art conservator Elise Grenier puts the finishing touches ...
Grenier contemplates the thought while putting the finishing touches on the fresco, her latest Albrizio restoration. The Baton Rouge-born art conservator's business, Grenier Conservation ...
Below, the team behind the sale walks us through a number of the sale’s top lots, all of which can be browsed along with much more within the Post-War and Contemporary Art sale. The Japanese ...