frescoing
Wet plaster painting
Frescoing is the art or process of painting on freshly applied wet plaster, allowing pigments to bond with the wall as it dries.
The technique requires working quickly before the plaster sets: The artist spent months frescoing the chapel ceiling.
Frescoing produced some of history's most enduring murals, from ancient Roman villas to Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel.
First plaster layer
- giornataItalian word for day
- cartoonAnimated or humorous illustration
- pouncingLeaping to attack
- affrescoPainting on fresh plaster
underdrawing · wet plaster · brushwork · hatching · blending · binders · pigments
Acidic green citrus
- sandFine rock particles
- pigmentsColor-giving compounds
- waterClear essential liquid
- trowelFlat blade for spreading
scaffold · brushes · plaster · arriccio · natural pigments · ochre · ultramarine · charcoal
Florentine sculptor and painter
- Sistine ChapelVatican worship hall
- RaphaelRenaissance painter from Urbino
- GiottoTrecento Florentine painter
- VaticanPapal city-state
Florence · Medici · patronage · Botticelli · Vasari · Tiepolo · commission · workshop
Secure storage chamber
- ceilingRoom's upper surface
- domeRounded vault forming roof
- chapelSmall worship room
- apseVaulted church recess
nave · lunette · wall · arch · cloister · refectory · palazzo · basilica
Volcano-buried Roman city
- HerculaneumRoman town buried by eruption
- Roman villaWealthy ancient Italian residence
- MinoanAncient Cretan civilization
- EtruscanAncient central Italian people
catacombs · Byzantine · tomb painting · archaeological · excavation · conservation · restoration · fragments
Temporary exterior work platform
- drying timePeriod until moisture gone
- curingRestoring health or preserving
- retouchingPost-capture image enhancement
- sealingMaking impermeable
arriccio
First plaster layer
affresco · underdrawing · wet plaster · brushwork · hatching · blending · binders · pigments
lime
Acidic green citrus
trowel · scaffold · brushes · plaster · arriccio · natural pigments · ochre · ultramarine · charcoal · string
Michelangelo
Florentine sculptor and painter
- Sistine ChapelVatican worship hall
- RaphaelRenaissance painter from Urbino
- GiottoTrecento Florentine painter
Vatican · Florence · Medici · patronage · Botticelli · Vasari · Tiepolo · commission · workshop · apprentice
vault
Secure storage chamber
apse · nave · lunette · wall · arch · cloister · refectory · palazzo · basilica · niche
Pompeii
Volcano-buried Roman city
- HerculaneumRoman town buried by eruption
- Roman villaWealthy ancient Italian residence
- MinoanAncient Cretan civilization
Etruscan · catacombs · Byzantine · tomb painting · archaeological · excavation · conservation · restoration · fragments
scaffolding
Temporary exterior work platform
- drying timePeriod until moisture gone
- curingRestoring health or preserving
- retouchingPost-capture image enhancement
frescoingcanvas painting
Art on stretched fabric
easel painting · oil painting · miniature painting · watercolor painting · scroll painting
frescoingwhitewashing
Concealing unpleasant facts
defacing · erasing · neglecting · demolishing · sandblasting