Basically, a fresco cycle is a series of paintings, all usually narrating various parts of one or more stories. It is this type of cycle that represents the quint essential Renaissance work of art. Renaissance society expected fresco painters to fashion comprehensible images and stories(cycles) that would educate, inspire, and give pleasure to the eye. In technique, style, and influence, Renaissance frescoes embody that brilliance of thought and expression that so characterizes the period in which they were painted.
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