10 minutes
Diego Rivera used to paint frescoes (mural paintings).
A fresco is created by painting colored pigments (oil, traditionally) into wet plaster.
700 yrs
7 months
Minoan frescoes appear on the walls of homes and palaces, not tombs.
Minoan frescoes appear on the walls of homes and palaces, not tombs.
There are no frescoes (murals) in the Pantheon in Rome. Its walls have a facing in marbles of different colours. You cannot paint on marble.
16 years!
ceiling frescoes.
His large frescoes in the Vatican contain horses, architecture and other things. But people are the most important part. He did not paint pure landscapes or still lifes.
This depends on the type of paint, climateric conditions, type of soil.
1 hour