March 15, 2012
Florence, Italy Researchers work on the Battle of Angiari project, a search for the lost Leonardo da Vinci fresco (via guardian.co.uk)

Florence, Italy

Researchers work on the Battle of Angiari project, a search for the lost Leonardo da Vinci fresco (via guardian.co.uk)

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Filed under: Italy Florence Art Fresco Battle of Angiari Leonardo da Vinci Photography 
October 10, 2011
Vevey, Switzerland Giant frescoes representing English comic actor, film director and composer Charlie Chaplin are displayed on the 40-metre-high Gilament towers in Vevey. The frescos by French painter Franck Bouroullec include illustrations of two Chaplin movies “Modern Times” and “The Gold Rush”. (via The Telegraph)

Vevey, Switzerland

Giant frescoes representing English comic actor, film director and composer Charlie Chaplin are displayed on the 40-metre-high Gilament towers in Vevey. The frescos by French painter Franck Bouroullec include illustrations of two Chaplin movies “Modern Times” and “The Gold Rush”. (via The Telegraph)

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Filed under: Switzerland Vevey Corsier-sur-Vevey Fresco Art Charlie Chaplin 
August 22, 2011
Italian art experts accused of censoring phallic fresco Italian art experts who restored a cryptic medieval fresco depicting a tree of fertility have been accused of censoring the work by painting over the numerous phalluses which dangle from its boughs. The unusual 13th century Tree of Fertility fresco was discovered by chance a decade ago in the Tuscan town of Massa Marittima and has recently been subjected to a three-year restoration. The experts who carried out the restoration have been accused of sanitising the mural by scrubbing out or altering some of the testicles, which hang from the tree’s branches along with around 25 phalluses. (via The Telegraph)

Italian art experts accused of censoring phallic fresco

Italian art experts who restored a cryptic medieval fresco depicting a tree of fertility have been accused of censoring the work by painting over the numerous phalluses which dangle from its boughs.

The unusual 13th century Tree of Fertility fresco was discovered by chance a decade ago in the Tuscan town of Massa Marittima and has recently been subjected to a three-year restoration.

The experts who carried out the restoration have been accused of sanitising the mural by scrubbing out or altering some of the testicles, which hang from the tree’s branches along with around 25 phalluses. (via The Telegraph)

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Filed under: Italy Art Fresco Restoration Phalluses Testicles Massa Marittima Tuscany Censorship 
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