| ARTISTS MAKING WALL PAINTINGS | ||
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Wall painter at work on representations of seasons Bemain Codex c 1505 |
German Woodcut Painter saved from fall by Virgin he just painted |
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| ARTISTS MAKING WALL PAINTINGS | ||
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Wall painter at work on representations of seasons Bemain Codex c 1505 |
German Woodcut Painter saved from fall by Virgin he just painted |
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| Rome: Via Latina Catacomb - mid 4th century | |
Samson slaying the Philistines |
Jacob and his sons arriving in Egypt |
Adam and Eve (seated) with Cain and Abel |
Hercules taking the Apples of Hisperides |
| France: Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe, 12th c.
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General View |
Old Testament Scenes |
Detail: God blessing Abel |
| France: Poitiers, Sainte Radegonde, 13th c. | ||
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| FRESCO TECHNIQUES | |
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Layers of a Fresco |
Sinopia of 2 saints by anonymous Florentine Master 15th cent Florence: Tabern di Lippi |
| Italy, Assisi, San Francesco: Giotto, The Spring | ||
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Fresco (often incorrectly used to mean wall-painting): Wall-painting in which the paint is applied to wet plaster, and the color is embedded in the plaster when it dries.
Secco: Wall-painting done on dry plaster (it tends to flake off and is less permanent than fresco). Most medieval wall-painting is in secco unless otherwise specified.
Sinopia (for a fresco): The underdrawing applied to the wall
beneath the wet plaster of fresco.