The arts in the Middle Ages, and at the period of the Renaissance (1870)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884, Dafforne, James, d. 1880, tr · London, Chapman and Hall · leaf 324
l frescoes, or in other words, works of art executed upon a barewall, properly prepared for the purpose, with which they are as it wereincorporated ; for in the roll of art all are excluded from the catalogue ofmural paintings, rightly so called, which, although applied to walls eitherdirectly or… … 2-0 FRESCO-PAINTING. We will mention as a striking example of this the famous LordsSupper of Leonardo da Yinci, which has many times been called a fresco(it is well known to have been painted upon the wall of the refectory ofSanta Maria della Gratia, at Milan), but is nothing but a painting…
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