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ecce homo original and botched restoration
5 Art Restoration Fails That Will Blow Your Mind
The following failed restoration jobs range from humorous to disgraceful. Some were so easy to fix, it’s like they never happened. Others have left masterpieces so irrevocably damaged that huge fines…
Leonardo da Vinci, The Last Supper, c. 1495–1498.     Tempera on gesso, pitch, and mastic. 181 × 346 in (460 × 880 cm). Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan.
The Last Supper From Leonardo da Vinci to David LaChapelle
The story of the Last Supper is a pivotal one in the Bible and Christians view it as the basis for the Holy Communion rite. Leonardo da Vinci’s fresco adorns a wall of the refectory at Santa Maria…
ancient fresco of two women
The Science of Fresco Painting
You know Michelangelo had incredible skill, but did you know how dangerous the painting technique he used was?
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A brutal history told for a modern city in Diego Rivera's "Sugar Cane"
A 1,000-pound portable fresco at the Philadelphia Museum of Art shows the realities of life on a hacienda.