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== Description == | == Description == | ||
| − | A wall painting technique in which dry pigments are ground with [ | + | A wall painting technique in which dry pigments are ground with [[water]] then brushed onto wet [[lime plaster]]. As the pigmented lime dries, the [[calcium hydroxide]] reacts with [[carbon dioxide]] to form a pigmented [[calcium carbonate]] layer. Fresco paintings have survived from the Minoan period (1700 BCE) and Pompeii (79 CE). Fresco paintings were widely used from the 13th century in Italy for interior wall decorations, particularly in churches. |
| − | See also [ | + | See also [[fresco pigments]]. |
[[File:CON30068.jpg|thumb|Installation of fresco panel | [[File:CON30068.jpg|thumb|Installation of fresco panel | ||
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== Synonyms and Related Terms == | == Synonyms and Related Terms == | ||
Revision as of 12:52, 9 January 2014
Description
A wall painting technique in which dry pigments are ground with Water then brushed onto wet Lime plaster. As the pigmented lime dries, the Calcium hydroxide reacts with Carbon dioxide to form a pigmented Calcium carbonate layer. Fresco paintings have survived from the Minoan period (1700 BCE) and Pompeii (79 CE). Fresco paintings were widely used from the 13th century in Italy for interior wall decorations, particularly in churches.
See also Fresco pigments.
Synonyms and Related Terms
frescoes; Freskomalerei (Deut.); Frischmalerei (Deut.); fresque (Fr.); affresco (It.); freasco (Ned.); fresk (Pol., Sven.); afresco (Port.); frescã (Rom.); freskomålning (Sven.)
Hazards and Safety
Damaged by moisture
Additional Images
Pompeii excavation
Pompeii excavation
Authority
- Reed Kay, The Painter's Guide To Studio Methods and Materials, Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1983
- Ralph Mayer, A Dictionary of Art Terms and Techniques, Harper and Row Publishers, New York, 1969 (also 1945 printing)
- The Dictionary of Art, Grove's Dictionaries Inc., New York, 1996 Comment: "Fresco"