Tag: fresco
FAB FRESCOS: Spain has some of the best, but how many do you recognise?
FROM cave paintings to church frescos to modern murals of epic scale, countless artists have left their brush marks on Spanish architecture down the...
Catalonia leaders accused of frustrating attempts to return priceless Romanesque artworks
Catalan leaders are being accused of undermining attempts to repatriate priceless Romanesque frescoes
Botched Spanish fresco fiasco being turned into an opera
Octogenarian artist Cecilia Gimenez’s laughable attempt to restore the 19th century fresco Ecce Homo (Behold This Man) first put the unsung town of Borja in Aragon on the world map
Infamous Spanish fresco restoration sparks tourist boom
After being thrust into the global spotlight following her handy work, pensioner Cecilia Gimenez has helped bring unexpected benefits to her village
Fresco fiasco in Spanish town
In a botched restoration project, an elderly resident of Borja destroyed a 19th century church painting of Christ