fresco

• In 1820 the fresco was again restored, and in 1854 this restoration was effaced. —  Leonardo da Vinci
• But grand as the fresco is, and interesting as it must have been to the artist at this time, when thoughts of Savonarola mingled with every stroke, he felt he was not fulfilling his true mission in the world. —  Fra Bartolommeo
• This fresco is attributable by Persico to Giotto, but is, I believe, nothing more than an interesting example of the earnest work of his time, and has no quality on which I care to enlarge; nor is it ascertainable who the three knights are whom it commemorates, unless some evidence be found of the date of the painting, and there is, yet, none but that of its manner. —  On the Old Road, Vol. 2 (of 2) A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Articles on Art and Literature
• The detail and completeness of this fresco are the best refutation of the frequent criticism that Michael Angelo did not finish his work. —  Michael Angelo Buonarroti
• His first works executed in fresco were probably those, now destroyed, which he painted in the convent of S. Domenico in this city; as a fresco-painter, he may have worked under, or as a follower of, Gherardo Starnina. —  Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1

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