fresco

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Recent Examples of fresco Its restaurant is decorated with stunning frescoes. Akash Kapur, Travel + Leisure, 24 Feb. 2025 Should the tale of a 600-year-old artist, with its technical asides on the art of the fresco, come before the tale of modern-day teenage angst? Adam Begley, The Atlantic, 4 Feb. 2025 Tiles inspired by the Missions' original frescoes complete the design. Madalyn Mendoza, Axios, 24 Jan. 2025 There are also life-size reproductions of the Sistine Chapel frescoes, including The Creation of Adam and the premiere of Marinazzo’s This Is Not My Art, an immersive 3D video art installation that represents the Sistine Chapel ceiling’s architectural structure. Bailey Berg, AFAR Media, 6 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for fresco
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Noun
  • Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images The mural was painted in 2020 after federal officers attacked D.C. protesters with tear gas In June 2020, amid a nationwide outcry over the death George Floyd, who was killed by a police officer in Minneapolis, the mural was created overnight.
    Juliana Kim, NPR, 8 Mar. 2025
  • The Democratic mayor of Washington, D.C. has ordered the removal of the city's famous Black Lives Matter mural following a heavy push from Republicans.
    Rachel Raposas, People.com, 7 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Stalin willed into being socialist realism, a hagiographic style that crept into art forms like music and painting.
    Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Blick Art Materials has a large selection of art supplies for painting, drawing, framing, ceramics and more at 5534 Walnut St. in Shadyside.
    Chrissy Suttles, Axios, 13 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • That margin was extended to 61 votes after the county canvass, which included a re-tabulation of absentee ballots in Battle Creek.
    Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press, 12 Dec. 2024
  • How North Carolina's electoral votes are awarded In the Tarheel State, after the election is complete, the State Board of Elections performs a canvass and then issues a certificate of election.
    Erin Mansfield, USA TODAY, 25 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Behind them unfurled a panorama of devastation from the Palisades fire a month earlier.
    Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2025
  • But over time the regime’s panorama of lies will gradually, then suddenly, fall apart.
    Bret Stephens, The Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Though the canvas stretching out before her is enormous, she is absorbed in a small section, carefully dabbing at the material with a long brush dipped in yellow paint.
    Precious Adesina, ARTnews.com, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Perhaps a representation of a sleeping Pablo Picasso and his second wife Jacqueline (nee Roque), the monumental canvas conveys passion and drama, illustrating how the muse is intrinsic to the artist’s oeuvre.
    Natasha Gural, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • On the other hand, lower economic growth in the U.S. due to the trade wars spurred by the president's policies could dampen demand for oil and eventually sink prices.
    Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
  • That oil comes primarily from Canada, but also from the Denver-Julesberg basin.
    Noelle Phillips, The Denver Post, 13 Mar. 2025

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“Fresco.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fresco. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.

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