All 12 Uses of
fresco
in
The Da Vinci Code
- Squinting at his surroundings he saw a plush Renaissance bedroom with Louis XVI furniture, hand-frescoed walls, and a colossal mahogany four-poster bed.†
Chpt 1
- Unlike Notre Dame with its colorful frescoes, gilded altar-work, and warm wood, Saint-Sulpice was stark and cold, conveying an almost barren quality reminiscent of the ascetic cathedrals of Spain.†
Chpt 19-20
- Tomorrow, I'll show you his fresco The Last Supper, which is one of the most astonishing tributes to the sacred feminine you will ever see.†
Chpt 19-20 *
- I assume you recognize this fresco?†
Chpt 55-56
- Sophie was staring at the most famous fresco of all time—The Last Supper—Da Vinci's legendary painting from the wall of Santa Maria delle Grazie near Milan.†
Chpt 55-56
- The decaying fresco portrayed Jesus and His disciples at the moment that Jesus announced one of them would betray Him.†
Chpt 55-56
- I know the fresco, yes.†
Chpt 55-56
- This fresco, in fact, is the entire key to the Holy Grail mystery.†
Chpt 55-56
- Does this fresco tell us what the Grail really is?†
Chpt 55-56
- Now, at last, the fresco has been cleaned down to Da Vinci's original layer of paint.†
Chpt 57-58
- Sophie glanced back to the fresco.†
Chpt 57-58
- Teabing pointed to the two individuals in the center of the fresco.†
Chpt 57-58
Definition:
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(fresco) a method of artistic painting on a wall by using watercolors on wet plaster; or the painting made in such a manner