Practice question · Put in order
Arrange the stages of painting a buon fresco in order.
- Move to the next day-piece the following day
- Apply the rough plaster layer to the wall
- Lay the fine intonaco over one day-piece only
- Plan the composition and divide it into day-pieces
- Paint into the wet plaster within hours
Hints
- The division into day-pieces comes before any plaster is laid.
- Only one day-piece is plastered at a time.
Show the answer
- Plan the composition and divide it into day-pieces
- Apply the rough plaster layer to the wall
- Lay the fine intonaco over one day-piece only
- Paint into the wet plaster within hours
- Move to the next day-piece the following day
Why
The order is imposed by the chemistry, not chosen. Plaster only as much as can be painted before it sets, which means the composition must be divided into day-pieces before work begins, so a fresco is planned to a degree an oil painting never has to be.
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More questions on Painting I: What the Medium Decides
- Sort each capability by the medium that permits it.
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- Complete the account of the media.
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