Frescoes are mural paintings set on ceilings and walls. While this artistic technique has been around since antiquity, it's most closely associated with Italian Renaissance painting and celebrated artists of the period such as Raphael, Michelangelo, and Leonardo da Vinci. Fortunately, many of the greatest examples of frescoed art works have survived, allowing modern-day audiences to admire this often highly decorative and vividly colorful art form.
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