What artistic technique, involving painting on wet plaster, was used to decorate the interior walls of Minoan palaces?
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Correct answer: Fresco
Minoan artists used the 'buon fresco' technique, applying pigments directly to wet lime plaster. This allowed the colors to become an integral part of the wall, preserving vivid scenes of nature and ritual for millennia.
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