Fresco is a type of mural painting done on freshly applied plaster on walls and ceilings. Some of the earliest known frescoes date back to around 1500 BC on the island of Crete in Greece. In India, the oldest known frescoes are located in the Ajanta Caves and were painted between 200 BC and 600 AD depicting stories from the Buddha's life. In the 20th century, Mexican artists like Diego Rivera, Jose Clemente Orozco, and David Siqueiros renewed interest in fresco painting through their large murals known as Mexican Muralism. Today, frescoes also include graffiti art seen on walls around the world.

1. FRESCO

2. Fresco
• is any of several related mural painting
types, done on plaster on walls or ceilings.
The word fresco comes from the Italian word
affresco which derives from the Latin word
for "fresh". Frescoes were often made during
the Renaissance and other early time
periods.

3. History of fresco

4. Egypt
• The earliest known examples frescoes done in the
Buon Fresco method date at around 1500 BC and
are to be found on the island of Crete in Greece.
The most famous of these, The Toreador, depicts a
sacred ceremony in which individuals jump over the
backs of large bulls. While some similar frescoes
have been found in other locations around the
Mediterranean basin, particularly in Egypt and
Morocco, their origins are subject to speculation.

5. Indian fresco
• The frescoes on the ceilings and walls of the Ajanta Caves
were painted between c. 200 BC and 600 and are the oldest
known frescoes in India. They depict the Jataka tales that
are stories of the Buddha's life in former existences as
Bodhisattva. The narrative episodes are depicted one after
another although not in a linear order. Their identification
has been a core area of research on the subject since the
time of the site's rediscovery in 1819. Other locations with
valuable preserved ancient and early medieval frescoes
include Bagh Caves, Ellora Caves, Sittanavasal, Armamalai
Cave, Badami Cave Temples and other locations. Frescoes
have been made in several techniques including tempera
technique.

6. Mexican muralism
• Jose Clemente Orozco, David Siqueiros and Diego
Rivera the famous Mexican artists renewed the art
of fresco painting in the 20th century. Orozco,
Siqueiros, Rivera and his wife Frida Kahlo
contributed more to the history of Mexican fine arts
and to the reputation of Mexican art in general than
anybody else. Together with works by Orozco,
Siqueiros, and others, Rivera's large wall works in
fresco established the art movement known as
Mexican Muralism.

7. Photos of ancient
frescoes

13. Fresco in XXI century
• In XXI century frescoes show as graffiti. It’s
very spectacular form of fresco, because
very often maikig graffiti it’s illegal.

14. Photos of graffiti

18. My opinion
• In my opinion frescoes are very interesting,
because while people impregnate it children
of our children can see frescoes of XXI
century, how we can see tfe frescoes from
100 year BC.

19. The end
Mateusz Pokorski
Klasa 1F