This mural—found on the east wall of the south transept in the Augsburg Cathedral—depicts the beheading of St. John the Baptist. Angelika Porst / Bavarian State Office for the Preservation of ...

In medieval Europe, before the rise of oil paintings, fresco was a popular religious painting technique. Many artworks across Europe, hundreds of years old, utilize this method and constitute an ...

The US Capitol building in Washington, DC, is adorned with multiple lavish murals created in the 19th century by Italian artist Constantino Brumidi. These include panels in the Senate first-floor ...

Earlier this month, archaeologists from Pompeii's Archaeological Park revealed they had found an ancient blue shrine dating back approximately 2,000 years. (all photos courtesy Italy Ministry of ...

In Florence, the past is never far from the present, but designing within a centuries-old palazzo requires more than an ...

Restorers work to preserve frescoes in Pompeii’s ancient Roman houses ...

A robot powered by artificial intelligence will attempt to restore fragmented frescoes at the Roman city of Pompeii, destroyed by Mount Vesuvius in 79 C.E. Pompeii Archaeological Site For the longest ...

When electrician Davide Renzoni was called out to Rome’s Villa Farnesina last year, it was for nothing more than a simple, routine check of some cables. However, Renzoni noticed a small trapdoor in ...

The frescoes were too loud in color, critics said. Too modern. Too thin and flat. The frescoes, the club members complained, were “out of harmony” and ruining their enjoyment of their garden — and so, ...

On that fateful day in August of 79 CE, when Pompeii was seized unawares by the sudden eruption of Mount Vesuvius, it abruptly transitioned from a living city to a still-capture of ancient life. Many ...

Worshippers and art lovers crowded into a small chapel Saturday to get a final glimpse of two 700-year-old Byzantine frescoes set to return to the Mediterranean island of Cyprus later this month. The ...