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The Ecce Homo (Latin: "Behold the Man") in the Sanctuary of Mercy church in Borja, Spain, is a fresco painted circa 1930 by the Spanish painter Elías García Martínez depicting Jesus crowned with thorns. Both the subject and style are typical of traditional Catholic art. [1]
Prometheus (Spanish: Prometeo) is a fresco by Mexican muralist José Clemente Orozco [4] depicting the Greek Titan Prometheus stealing fire from the heavens to give to humans. [2] It was commissioned for Pomona College's Frary Dining Hall and completed in June 1930, [4] becoming the first modern fresco in the United States.
Francisco Goya: "The Name of God", YHWH in triangle, fresco detail. The Adoration of the Name of God (Spanish: Adoración del nombre de Dios) or The Glory (Spanish: La gloria) (1772) is a fresco painted by Francisco Goya on the ceiling of the cupola over the Small Choir of the Virgin in the Basílica de Nuestra Señora del Pilar in Zaragoza.
The art historian Svetlana Alpers suggests that, by portraying the artist at work in the company of royalty and nobility, Velázquez was claiming high status for both the artist and his art, [65] and in particular to propose that painting is a liberal rather than a mechanical art. This distinction was a point of controversy at the time.
Saint Peter and Saint Paul is a painting by the Cretan-Spanish artist El Greco. The work was completed between 1590 and 1600. The work was completed between 1590 and 1600. It is currently on display at the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya , who purchased the work in 1932.
The Arlanza gryphon, fresco transferred to canvas, 189.5 × 322 cm, c. 1210, MNAC, Barcelona. The paintings from Arlanza are a set of frescos belonging to the mural decoration of a Benedictine monastery of San Pedro de Arlanza, in the Province of Burgos, Castile and León, Spain, dating to around 1210, and now dispersed among a number of collections.
The painting depicts a woman holding an umbrella known as the parasol, a theme similar to Juan Luna's La Madrileña (En el Balcon). Hidalgo's La Parisienne was the first Philippine work of art to be chosen as a cover for Sotheby's sale catalog due to its importance, rarity, uniqueness, and exclusivity.
The Fuentidueña room includes a number of other, mostly contemporary medieval art works set within the Fuentidueña Apse. They include, in its dome, a large fresco c. 1130–50, from the Spanish Church of Sant Joan de Tredòs, in its colorisation resembling a Byzantine mosaic and is dedicated to the ideal of Mary as the mother of God. [9]