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FARBDIAARCHIV - A collection of archival color photos of wall paintings and ceiling decorations from Germany, Austria, Poland, Bohemia. Photos taken between 1943-45. The collection was made available online by the Photo Collection of the Zentralinstitut für Kunsgeschichte, Munich. Searchable in many ways.
BILDINDEX - Bildarchiv Foto Marburg With about 2 million images, this is the largest single image collection available online. It contains images of every period, and not only from Germany, but from other countries as well. Apart from a large collection of prewar images, it also contains newer photos as well. If you are looking for a specific location, this is worth a try. Images can be ordered.
A new website provides a number of very-well done virtual visits (360° panoramas) to Transylvanian sites. The site includes several medieval churches with important fresco cycles. History of Arts in Romania: A selection of Gothic frescoes from Transylvania and a few Byzantine frescoes For more images of Hungarian medieval churches, see my page on chief works of Hungarian medieval art.
GERMANY WAND- UND DECKENMALEREI IN LÜBECKER HÄUSERN 1300 BIS 1800Database of all currently known wall and ceiling paintings from about 400 town houses in Lübeck, from the period from around 1300 until around 1800.
DENMARK KALKMALERIER - A database of Danish medieval wall paintings Full database with thousands of images. Zooming in only works for subscribers.
The Mills-Kronborg Collection of Danish Church Wall Paintings Made available by the Index of Christian Art, Princeton
Church Wall paintings in Denmark, fullscreen panoramas
ENGLAND MEDIEVAL WALL PAINTING IN THE ENGLISH PARISH CHURCH A developing catalogue, maintained by Anne Marshall
Medieval Wall Paintings in English and Welsh Churches A site by Roger Rosewell, author of a new book on this topic. Seven Deadly Sins and Seven Corporal Works of Mercy A searchable database of British wall paintings (University of Leicester).
Consisting of Suffolk Churches and Norfolk Churches, a growing collection of photos of medieval churches, including many images of wall paintings as well.
There is also a Flickr group dedicated to English Medieval Wall Paintings, with many good photographs.
Our churches - Information on wall paintings on the website of The Churches Conservation Trust Information on 341 historic churches - there are wall paintings in over 80 of them Example:
BELGIUM The online photo library contains several images of painted churches (enter 'fresco' as technique in your search)
FRANCE This rich website also includes a large number of photos of Romanesque wall-paintings.
Medieval wall-paintings in the south of France Material from a CD-ROM, with several images of the fresco-decoration of small chapels.
Information and images of wall paintings in France. The site does not fully function, several links are broken.
Murals of the XIIIth to XVIIth century in France and elsewhere Bilingual website, maintained by Yves Impens
FRANCE/ITALY -ALPINE REGION PREALP - Peintures des Régions Alpines Database of medieval wall paintings (1200-1530/40) preserved in churches and secular buildings of the Alps.
ITALY This commercial image library offers the best selection of images of Italian fresco cycles. Digital images can be ordered for further use. Search by the name of the painter or by location. Alternatively, you can use the Italian site of Scala archives.
Interactive overview of the frescoes of S. Francesco, Assisi: Guide to the Basilica The website Haltadefinizione.com now includes a virtual tour of Giotto's Paduan Capella degli Scrovegni. CATALONIA ARS PICTA - Analysis and Research on Late Antique and Medieval Painting and Iconography Website of the documentation center for Catalan Romanesque painting, with database and images. Example: Sant Climent de Taüll. Central apsis, Christ in Majesty Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya
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