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Recent Examples of fresco
The fresco captures the moment when Helle holds out a hand to Phrixus for help.
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Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 17 May 2025
The fresco captures the siblings reaching out to each other—Helle in the sea, Phrixus on the ram—in a fittingly futile attempt at rescue.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 May 2025
May 8, 2025 The fresco is on the north wall of the Sistine Chapel, up and to the right as the cardinals enter to choose their successor.
—Elizabeth Dias, New York Times, 8 May 2025
In Azerbaijan, the pomegranate is not only cultivated across 25,000 hectares of orchards, but celebrated in annual festivals, etched into frescoes, and lovingly folded into everything from savory stews to syrupy preserves.
—Daphne Ewing-Chow, Forbes.com, 1 Apr. 2025
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Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 17 May 2025
The fresco captures the siblings reaching out to each other—Helle in the sea, Phrixus on the ram—in a fittingly futile attempt at rescue.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 May 2025
May 8, 2025 The fresco is on the north wall of the Sistine Chapel, up and to the right as the cardinals enter to choose their successor.
—Elizabeth Dias, New York Times, 8 May 2025
In Azerbaijan, the pomegranate is not only cultivated across 25,000 hectares of orchards, but celebrated in annual festivals, etched into frescoes, and lovingly folded into everything from savory stews to syrupy preserves.
—Daphne Ewing-Chow, Forbes.com, 1 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fresco
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Batts detailed how the park and its murals — which honor the Negro Baseball League and figures like Robinson and Miñoso — serve not just as artistic tributes, but as vital educational tools and points of pride.—
Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
3 June 2025
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From 1980 to 1991, Mahlangu worked at the museum, painting murals and demonstrating the traditions and daily chores of the Ndebele.—
Percy Zvomuya,
Artforum,
1 June 2025
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The exhibit, which uses garments, paintings, video and more from the 1700s to today, will run at the MET through October.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
5 June 2025
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Raymond Saunders: Flowers From a Black Garden is a dynamic selection of the artist’s layered, mixed-media works that blend painting, drawing, and collage.—
Okla Jones,
Essence,
4 June 2025
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Our chat canvasses why Milioti was the right actress for the role of Sofia and why LeFranc is submitting The Penguin‘s finale for Emmy consideration.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
28 May 2025
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Public comment on the canvasses was close to nonexistent.—
Sasha Hupka,
The Arizona Republic,
26 Nov. 2024
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The cast, a pleasing panorama of nth-degree diversity, perform these standards dutifully.—
Rod Stafford Hagwood,
Sun Sentinel,
15 May 2025
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The views are superb, there are no obstructions and there is an impressive panorama of the city’s skyline from the back of the South Stand, the paper added.—
Kevin Baxter,
Los Angeles Times,
13 May 2025
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But here, King and Flanagan do it without a heavy hand on the macabre, even though the initial canvas is only a short-story format.—
Jen Juneau,
People.com,
6 June 2025
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For example, Johnson has embraced what art historians call gestural abstraction, a spontaneous style of smearing, pouring or dribbling paint on canvas, pioneered by artists like Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning, who also incorporated figures into his expressive technique.—
Jacoba Urist,
Smithsonian Magazine,
3 June 2025
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The Coast Guard is working with crews using oil absorbent materials and skimmers to remove fuel from the water.—
Hanna Park,
CNN Money,
5 June 2025
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BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, is back in business in Texas after the state removed it from a blacklist of financial firms that Republican officials deemed to be prejudiced against the oil and gas industry.—
Tim McDonnell,
semafor.com,
5 June 2025
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“Fresco.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fresco. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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