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== Description ==
 
== Description ==
  
A wall painting technique in which dry pigments are ground with [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=water water] then brushed onto wet [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=lime plaster lime plaster]. As the pigmented lime dries, the [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=calcium hydroxide calcium hydroxide] reacts with [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=carbon dioxide carbon dioxide] to form a pigmented [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=calcium carbonate 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.  
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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 [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=fresco pigments fresco pigments].
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See also [[fresco pigments]].
  
[[File:CON30068.jpg|thumb|Installation of fresco panel
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[[File:CON30068.jpg|thumb|Installation of fresco panel<br>''(Shown above)'']]
  
''(Shown above)'']]
 
 
== Synonyms and Related Terms ==
 
== Synonyms and Related Terms ==
  
frescoes; Freskomalerei (Deut.); Frischmalerei (Deut.); fresque (Fr.); affresco (It.); freasco (Ned.); fresk (Pol., Sven.); afresco (Port.); fresc (Rom.); freskomlning (Sven.)
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frescoes; Freskomalerei (Deut.); Frischmalerei (Deut.); fresque (Fr.); affresco (It.); freasco (Ned.); fresk (Pol., Sven.); afresco (Port.); frescã (Rom.); freskomålning (Sven.)
  
== Hazards and Safety ==
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== Risks ==
  
Damaged by moisture
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* Damaged by moisture
  
 
== Additional Images ==
 
== Additional Images ==
  
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[[File:33.505-48-18.jpg|thumb|Roman fresco<br>MFA# 33.505]]
 
<gallery>
 
<gallery>
File:33.505-48-18.jpg|
 
 
File:C6575.Pompeii.Frescoes.jpg|Pompeii excavation
 
File:C6575.Pompeii.Frescoes.jpg|Pompeii excavation
 
File:C6578.Pompeii.Frescoes.jpg|Pompeii excavation
 
File:C6578.Pompeii.Frescoes.jpg|Pompeii excavation
 
</gallery>
 
</gallery>
  
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==Resources and Citations==
  
== Authority ==
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* Reed Kay, ''The Painter's Guide To Studio Methods and Materials'', Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1983
  
* Reed Kay, Reed Kay, ''The Painter's Guide To Studio Methods and Materials'', Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1983
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* Ralph Mayer, ''A Dictionary of Art Terms and Techniques'', Harper and Row Publishers, New York, 1969 (also 1945 printing)
 
 
* Ralph Mayer, 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"
 
* ''The Dictionary of Art'', Grove's Dictionaries Inc., New York, 1996  Comment: "Fresco"

Latest revision as of 08:39, 11 May 2022

Roman fresco
MFA# 33.499

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.

Installation of fresco panel
(Shown above)

Synonyms and Related Terms

frescoes; Freskomalerei (Deut.); Frischmalerei (Deut.); fresque (Fr.); affresco (It.); freasco (Ned.); fresk (Pol., Sven.); afresco (Port.); frescã (Rom.); freskomålning (Sven.)

Risks

  • Damaged by moisture

Additional Images

Roman fresco
MFA# 33.505

Resources and Citations

  • 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"

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