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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

One of Pompeii’s oldest frescoes has been restored to its colorful former glory using the help of laser technology. The House of the Ceii, excavated between 1913 and 1914, is one of the city’s rare ...

Archaeologists and conservators from the European Centre of Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Monuments uncovered frescoes beneath the white walls of the Church of Saint Nicholas in Mesopotamia, Albania.

Amid the remains of a sumptuous villa near Pompeii, the hard-hatted conservationist scraped away centuries-old ash to reveal a vibrant red fresco. For the first time on Thursday, visitors were allowed ...

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 ...

During the Russian attack on Kyiv late in the evening on September 27, the Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross in Podil - a 19th-century architectural ...