Fresco

Striking images of New Orleans history, including colonizers, soldiers, Klansmen, scientists, sharecroppers, and more, are depicted in frescoes that line the walls of this transportation hub.

This enigmatic piece of art is a mnemonic device from the early Renaissance.

Wandering this ancient burial place offers a glimpse of the afterlife in the fresco-adorned tombs of an ancient Etruscan civilization.

The house where Harlequin was born.

Six paintings reminding you that death is integral part of everyday life.

This uncanny fresco celebrating the "triumph of death" was split into four pieces to be moved to another museum.

A room filled with frescos that make it seem like the walls are crumbling down while giants die in despair.

A watercolor recreation of a famous fresco unearthed at Pompeii.

A glimpse into the festive and private lives of medieval Europe.

Next to the Leaning Tower of Pisa is a cemetery home to ancient sarcophagi and disturbing murals.

Inspired by the more famous Scrovegni Chapel, Cappella di San Giovanni contains several amazing frescoes.

Magnificent frescoes decorate the interior of this Romanesque church, which also showcases an unusual phenomenon during winter solstice.

A schoolhouse and chapel are all that remains of this alpine village.

The city of Parma's cathedral is home to one of the greatest illusionistic frescoes of the Renaissance.

This medieval church in a small Austrian village is home to a 700-year-old Mickey Mouse lookalike.