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Many of the greatest paintings in Europe, like Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling are executed in fresco, meaning they are painted on a thin layer of wet plaster, called intonaco ( in fact the general term for plaster in Italian ); the pigments sink into this layer so that the plaster itself becomes the medium holding them, which accounts for the excellent durability of fresco.
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Many have considered this the greatest achievement of the Clinton governorship.
Many critics now regard it as one of the finest shows in television history, including TV Guide, which ranked it No. 21 on their list of the 50 greatest TV shows of all time.
Many historians regard him as one of the greatest Secretaries of State in American history.
Many consider it to be one of the greatest inventions of the 20th century.
Many consider him the greatest comparative anatomist of the latter half of the nineteenth century.
Many of the greatest zarzuelas were written in the 1880s and 1890s, but the form continued to adapt to new theatrical stimuli until well into the 20th century.
Many considered him the greatest Italian librettist of his time after Boito.
Many believe vaccines are among the greatest achievements of modern medicine – in industrial nations, they have eliminated naturally occurring cases of smallpox, and nearly eliminated polio, while other diseases, such as typhus, rotavirus, hepatitis A and B and others are well controlled.
Many are concerned, however, that the greatest need is in developing nations — where the vast bulk of the estimated 650 million people with disabilities reside.
Many of these progressive albums are considered amongst the greatest jazz recordings of all time.
Many even consider him the greatest lightweight of all time.
Many critics compare it favorably to the originalalthough it is almost always placed below the original on lists of " greatest " movies when listed separately.
Many of the sport's greatest jockeys, most notably Sir Gordon Richards have been British.
Many of his contemporaries as well as boxing writers believe that, had it not been for his premature death, Sanchez could have gone on to become the greatest Featherweight boxer of all time.
Many people thought the pair were married ; they were not, but they shared a unique comic genius and sophisticated wit that enabled them to forge a six-decade-long partnership that produced some of Hollywood and Broadway's greatest hits.
Many men were left dead and many were wounded after this little known battle, perhaps the greatest race battle ever fought in Texas.
Many people consider either him, José Ortíz, Raymond Dalmau, Georgie Torres or Mario Morales to be the greatest basketball player in Puerto Rico's national tournament's history.
Many Brazilians enjoy putting ketchup, mustard, and even mayonnaise on pizza, but olive oil is the most popular option, specially in southeastern region, where pizza's popularity is the greatest.
Many of the greatest players throughout history have considered the endgame to be of paramount importance because endgame theory is finite.
Many consider the Melbourne native to be one of Australia's greatest basketball players in history.
Many reviews see the Gang's 1974 album Light of Worlds and 1975 album Spirit of the Boogie as the greatest achievements of the band, with the 1975 single " Summer Madness " gaining much attention.
Many advertisements were printed mentioning by name the greatest names of music in the era, with the statement that they recorded only for Victor Records.
Many critics perceive the film as perhaps the greatest expression of his intentionally vapid surrealism — Meyer went so far as to refer to it as his definitive work in several interviews.
Many hedonists, in accordance with Epicurus and contrarily to popular perception of his doctrine, advocate that we should first seek to avoid suffering and that the greatest pleasure lies in a robust state of profound tranquility ( ataraxia ) that is free from the worrisome pursuit or the unwelcome consequences of ephemeral pleasures.
Many of his greatest works, including the enormous Crucifixion in the cathedral of Verona ( 1436 ), have disappeared.
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Many of the recovered paintings were then donated to the same or other museums as a gift.
Many of these sketches and paintings were done in several versions, such as Madonna, Hands and Puberty, and also transcribed as wood-block prints and lithographs.
Many of his late paintings celebrate farm life, including many where he used his work horse " Rousseau " as a model.
" Many of his paintings, including The Scream, have universal appeal in addition to their highly personal meaning.
Many of Avercamp's paintings feature people ice skating on frozen lakes.
Many paintings of gaunt mothers with children date from this period.
Many American paintings throughout the early nineteenth century had religious themes, and Morse was an early exemplar of this.
Many of his paintings were then sold to American collectors.
Many of these paintings are quite valuable today.
Many films became landmarks in special-effects accomplishments: Forbidden Planet used matte paintings, animation, and miniature work to create spectacular alien environments.
Many paintings were made of local scenes, especially of Taos Pueblo and activities there, as the artists often modelled Native Americans from the pueblo in their paintings.
Many of his paintings depict Port Vendres, a small port near the Spanish border, and the nearby landscapes.
Many of Matisse's paintings from 1898 to 1901 make use of a Divisionist technique he adopted after reading Paul Signac's essay, " D ' Eugène Delacroix au Néo-impressionisme ".
Many of his works were updated versions of paintings he had made in Russia, transposed into Fauvist or Cubist keys.
Many of the paintings she purchased were of negligible value, but she did buy paintings by Renoir, Rouault, Kandinski, Bonnard, and Jawlensky.
Many of his paintings are collaborations in which figures by other painters were placed in landscapes painted by Jan Brueghel ; in other cases, Brueghel painted the figures into another artist's landscape or architectural interior.
Many of his later paintings were acquired by the Russian collector Sergei Shchukin.
Many early tomb paintings were meant to protect the dead or help their souls get to paradise.
Many of her paintings, which had not previously been shown publicly, were sold at auction in Paris in 1900.
Many shots used matte paintings to extend backgrounds and create establishing shots without the cost of building a set.
* Many paintings by Chris Ofili, which make use of elephant dung ( from 1992 );
Many of the castle's paintings are portals to other worlds, in which Bowser's minions keep watch over the stars.
Many of his pictures still exist, the most important being the wall and ceiling paintings in the great Sala di Cosimo I of the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence, where he and his assistants were at work from 1555, and the frescoes he started inside the vast cupola of the Duomo, completed by Federico Zuccari and with the help of Giovanni Balducci.
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