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Should restorers be covering up a 14th Century Mural at Friborg Cathedral?

Some interesting news came out a couple of days ago announcing that restorers working at Friborg Cathedral have discovered a 14th Century mural while restoring an altar in the side chapel of the Cathedral.

It seems odd that they after allowing the wall painting to be viewed by the public until 7th April, it will then be covered up again? Presumably whatever covered the mural is deemed to be of more significance or aesthetic beauty, but unfortunately the press release does not go into more depth about that.

Here’s the full press release from swissinfo.ch

Mar 7, 2012 – 15:09

14th-century mural found in Fribourg Cathedral

Restorers working at Fribourg’s St Nicholas cathedral in western Switzerland have discovered a wall painting dating from 1300 to 1350 behind an altar.

Described by experts as being of exceptionally high quality, the images represent, among other figures, Abraham gathering the souls of the chosen people in his cloak.

The painting was discovered during the dismantling of the back of the nativity altar in a side chapel, cantonal officials said.

Other figures featured in the work are St Christopher carrying the child Jesus on his shoulders and a bishop – most likely St Nicholas – offering gold to three girls, a scene which matches the legend of the saint providing dowries for a poor family.

The cathedral was constructed between 1283 and 1490 and the current restoration project started in 2003.

The mural will be open to public viewing until April 7, after which it will be covered up again by the altar painting.

swissinfo.ch and agencies

So You Want to Draw a Dragon?

Well now you can. I came across this amazing site the other day, Dragoart.com that shows you how to simply draw with step-by-step instructions a whole variety of different things, from cartoon characters to celebrities to fantastical creatures, such as a dragon!

If you have kids I heartily recommend this site, and also if you have a hankering to start drawing, but feel that you don’t have any skill or are put off by leaning drawing the proper way. The simple instructions on this site really get you drawing quite complex pictures quite fast.

Here’s an example of the sort of thing you could learn to draw:

And the first step to getting there:

The complete instructions for drawing this dragon.

Other fantasy creatures you can learn to draw include dwarves, elves, orcs, wizards and trolls.

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