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Altichiero da Zevio, Works by>>
Andrea da Firenze, Works by>>
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Fresco Hunting in Western Bulgaria: An expedition to the Mediaeval Churches of Western Bulgaria: An article about the photo expedition to document the frescos in western Bulgaria. There are links to the field school running the project for those interested in signing up.

URL: http://www.pasthorizons.com/index.php/archives/12/2010/fresco-hunting Link Verified by NetSERF: 10 March 2011
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Medieval Painting in the South of France: Southern Alps: "Fifteenth century frescoes from chapels in the hinterland of Nice, near the Italian border." The site contains many images from chapels throughout southern France. There are tours of the chapels, presentations of daily and religious life, information about the creation of the paintings, and a bibliography of sources.
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URL: http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/medieval/en/ Link Verified by NetSERF: 20 November 2006
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Medieval Wallpaintings in Danish Churches: A searchable image database which contains about 3000 photos of Danish church murals from the Danish medieval period.

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URL: http://www.kalkmalerier.dk/index.php         Link Verified by NetSERF: 26 November 2006
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Narrative fresco cycles by Benozzo Gozzoli: (Guided Tour): "This tour presents three narrative fresco cycles executed by Benozzo Gozzoli in Montefalco (Scenes from the Life of St Francis, 1450-52), in Florence (Procession of the Magi, 1459-60) and in San Gimignano (Scenes from the Life of St Augustine, 1464-65). Detailed biography of the artist is given and the subjects of the cycles are discussed."

URL: http://www.wga.hu/tours/gozzoli/index.html Link Verified by NetSERF: 22 November 2006
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The Art of Giotto: (Guided Tour): Within this guided tour "an overview of Giotto's masterworks is presented. It covers the frescoes in the Church of San Francesco at Assisi, the frescoes in the Arena Chapel (Cappella Scrovegni) in Padua, the frescoes in the Peruzzi and Bardi chapels of the Santa Croce in Florence, as well as the various panel paintings attributed to Giotto and his workshop." Includes audio clips of art historians speaking about Giotto and music to listen to as well.

URL: http://www.wga.hu/tours/giotto/index.html Link Verified by NetSERF: 22 November 2006
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Visit to the Brancacci Chapel in the church Santa Maria del Carmine in Florence: (Guided Tour): "This tour allows you to visit the Brancacci Chapel of the Santa Maria del Carmine in Florence. With the help of many additional pages all frescoes of the chapel, made by Masolino and Masaccio between 1424 and 1428 then later completed by Filippino Lippi in 1481-82, are presented and commented in detail."

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Visit to the church San Francesco in Arezzo: Piero della Francesca's fresco cycle: (Guided Tour): "By this tour the most modern and - in terms of perspective - the most advanced frescoes of the Italian 15th century, the fresco cycle of Piero della Francesca in the San Francesco in Arezzo is presented. The cycle, painted in the 1450s, recounts the miraculous story of the wood of Christ's Cross. The complete cycle is presented and explained."

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