ItalianFrescoes.com
Title
Fresco Wall Art
Description
Fresco painting
Fresco painting is a very old technique. It reached the height of splendor with the Renaissance masters and was used to decorate buildings and church vaults. A fresco is painted on fresh (fresco) plaster made of slaked lime and sieved siliceous river sand plus pigments diluted with plain water. The painting must be done quickly and surely, before the base has time to dry. (Murals are instead painted over dry plaster). The chemical reaction between the calcium hydrate and carbonic acid in the atmosphere fixes the painting and makes it insoluble. This technique was used to decorate buildings and church vaults.
The Calicot method / strappo ( recognized by the Superintendence of Fine Arts for restoring ancient works) : Through the centuries as the buildings were demolished ? whether by man or natural causes ? the works were saved by removing the frescoes from the original walls and transferring them to other bases using canvas and animal glue. Some frescoes are several hundred years old. When the plaster behind the fresco deteriorates the fresco needs to be removed from the wall, the plaster must be fixed and then the fresco must be glued back to the original wall.
Our method for panel frescoes: Actually our method does not differ from the classical fresco method ? All of the items on this web site were first painted on a stone wall on fresh plaster and then removed from the wall using the above technique (calicot method). The only difference is that after we remove the fresco, instead of gluing it back to the wall we glue it to a canvas frame it and sell it as a panel painting.
Contact
- Pnea International
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- Rockville MD
- US 20855
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- 5909
