Practice question · Select all that apply
Which follow from the chemistry of buon fresco?
Hints
- Three follow from the plaster setting; one describes a different technique.
- In buon fresco the pigment binds into the wall as it carbonates.
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- A. The painter can only cover what can be finished before the plaster sets
- B. Correction requires cutting out and replastering
- D. The work is planned in giornate whose joins remain visible
Why
The fourth describes a secco painting, applied to dry plaster, which does sit as a layer and is far less durable. That difference is why secco passages are so often the parts of a fresco that have been lost, the buon fresco is the wall, and the secco is on it.
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