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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 | + | 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%20plaster lime plaster]. As the pigmented lime dries, the [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=calcium%20hydroxide calcium hydroxide] reacts with [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=carbon%20dioxide carbon dioxide] to form a pigmented [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=calcium%20carbonate 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 | + | See also [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=fresco%20pigments 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 == | ||
| − | frescoes; Freskomalerei (Deut.); Frischmalerei (Deut.); fresque (Fr.); affresco (It.); freasco (Ned.); fresk (Pol., Sven.); afresco (Port.); | + | frescoes; Freskomalerei (Deut.); Frischmalerei (Deut.); fresque (Fr.); affresco (It.); freasco (Ned.); fresk (Pol., Sven.); afresco (Port.); frescã (Rom.); freskomålning (Sven.) |
== Hazards and Safety == | == Hazards and Safety == | ||
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== Authority == | == 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" | * ''The Dictionary of Art'', Grove's Dictionaries Inc., New York, 1996 Comment: "Fresco" | ||
Revision as of 06:24, 24 July 2013
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"