frescos
Meaning
of Fresco
Source: Webster's dictionaryExamples
Field (2002), p. 192. Five frescos painted by William Dyce between 1848 and 1864 cover the walls, depicting allegorical scenes from the legend.
Its interior was decorated also with 38 frescos by the Flemish painter Guglielmo Borremans between 1736 and 1737.
Once, there were many frescos on the outer walls; today, only a few remain, like the Landplagenbild ("picture of plagues") painted in 1485, presumably by Thomas von Villach.
The pigment was mixed with a binding medium like egg to form a tempera and applied over dry plaster (such as Giotto di Bondone 's frescos in the Cappella degli Scrovegni or Arena Chapel in Padua ).
The building also contains several frescos depicting scenes from Scots history by William Brassey Hole in the entrance foyer, including a large example of Bruce marshalling his men at Bannockburn.
Sergius refurbished it with objects, images and crucifixes, and decorated its newly built walls with frescos.