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Patrons in Lubbock, Texas enjoy frescoes from Vatican on exhibit's first day
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Dateline: LUBBOCK, Texas
A collection of 12th and 13th century frescoes that had never before
been viewed together went on display at the Museum of Texas Tech University,
where they will remain for three months before they are kept from
public view until at least 2025.
Painted by unknown artists under the tutelage of Italian artist Pietro
Cavallini, the Vatican frescoes once adorned the walls of St. Agnese
and St. Nicola, two early Roman churches.
They were covered by plaster in the 1700s and rediscovered and removed
during renovations to the churches in the 1800s. They ...
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