FRESCO

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FRESCO
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Fresco

• is any of several related mural painting types,
  done on plaster on walls or ceilings. The word
  fresco comes from the Italian word affresco which
  derives from the Latin word for "fresh". Frescoes
  were often made during the Renaissance and other
  early time periods.

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History of fresco
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Egypt

• The earliest known examples frescoes done in the
  Buon Fresco method date at around 1500 BC and are
  to be found on the island of Crete in Greece. The
  most famous of these, The Toreador, depicts a
  sacred ceremony in which individuals jump over
  the backs of large bulls. While some similar
  frescoes have been found in other locations
  around the Mediterranean basin, particularly in
  Egypt and Morocco, their origins are subject to
  speculation.

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Indian fresco

• The frescoes on the ceilings and walls of the
  Ajanta Caves were painted between c. 200 BC and
  600 and are the oldest known frescoes in India.
  They depict the Jataka tales that are stories of
  the Buddha's life in former existences as
  Bodhisattva. The narrative episodes are depicted
  one after another although not in a linear order.
  Their identification has been a core area of
  research on the subject since the time of the
  site's rediscovery in 1819. Other locations with
  valuable preserved ancient and early medieval
  frescoes include Bagh Caves, Ellora Caves,
  Sittanavasal, Armamalai Cave, Badami Cave Temples
  and other locations. Frescoes have been made in
  several techniques including tempera technique.

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Mexican muralism

• Jose Clemente Orozco, David Siqueiros and Diego
  Rivera the famous Mexican artists renewed the art
  of fresco painting in the 20th century. Orozco,
  Siqueiros, Rivera and his wife Frida Kahlo
  contributed more to the history of Mexican fine
  arts and to the reputation of Mexican art in
  general than anybody else. Together with works by
  Orozco, Siqueiros, and others, Rivera's large
  wall works in fresco established the art movement
  known as Mexican Muralism.

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Photos of ancient frescoes
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Fresco in XXI century

• In XXI century frescoes show as graffiti. Its
  very spectacular form of fresco, because very
  often maikig graffiti its illegal.

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Photos of graffiti
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My opinion

• In my opinion frescoes are very interesting,
  because while people impregnate it children of
  our children can see frescoes of XXI century, how
  we can see tfe frescoes from 100 year BC.

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The end

• Mateusz Pokorski
• Klasa 1F