Results for “fresco”

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Lothar Malskat

German restorer who, hired to restore medieval frescoes in Lübeck's Marienkirche after WWII, simply painted new 'medieval' murals himself — including turkeys, unknown in medieval Europe. He remarkably reported his own fraud, and the ensuing trial inspired Günter Grass's 'The Rat'.

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Ecce Mono: The Monkey Christ

Well-meaning parishioner Cecilia Giménez attempted to touch up a flaking fresco of Christ and produced 'Ecce Mono' — a hazy, simian visage that became a global sensation.