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  2. Plasterwork - Wikipedia

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    If a wall is to be smooth and the ceiling textured, typically the wall is done first, then the ceiling after the wall has set. Instead of rebirding the ceiling (which would have been done when the wall was laid on), a clean trowel is held against the wall and its corner is run along the ceiling to "cut it in" and clean the wall at the same time.

  3. Fresco - Wikipedia

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    The word fresco is commonly and inaccurately used in English to refer to any wall painting regardless of the plaster technology or binding medium. This, in part, contributes to a misconception that the most geographically and temporally common wall painting technology was the painting into wet lime plaster.

  4. Conservation and restoration of frescos - Wikipedia

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    The oldest method, known as the a massello technique, involves cutting the wall and removing a considerable part of it together with both layers of plaster and the fresco painting itself. The stacco technique, on the other hand, involves removing only the preparatory layer of plaster, called the arriccio together with the painted surface.

  5. Mural - Wikipedia

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    After this, the painting stays for a long time up to centuries in fresh and brilliant colors. Fresco-secco painting is done on dry plaster (secco is "dry" in Italian). The pigments thus require a binding medium, such as egg , glue or oil to attach the pigment to the wall.

  6. Plaster - Wikipedia

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    Plaster was first used as a building material and for decoration in the Middle East at least 7,000 years ago. In Egypt, gypsum was burned in open fires, crushed into powder, and mixed with water to create plaster, used as a mortar between the blocks of pyramids and to provide a smooth wall facing.

  7. Buon fresco - Wikipedia

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    Buon fresco (Italian for 'true fresh') [1] is a fresco painting technique in which alkaline-resistant pigments, ground in water, are applied to wet plaster. It is distinguished from the fresco-secco (or a secco ) and finto fresco techniques, in which paints are applied to dried plaster.

  8. Wall Paintings of Thera - Wikipedia

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    To prepare the stone walls of the buildings for frescoes, the walls were first covered with a mixture of mud and straw, then thinly coated with lime plaster and lastly layers of fine plaster. The palette of the paintings consists of white (from the lime plaster), red (derived from ferrous earths and haematite), yellow (from yellow ochre), blue ...

  9. Fresco-secco - Wikipedia

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    The painting was created in the 15th century and depicts Saint George fighting the dragon. Fresco-secco (or a secco or fresco finto) is a wall painting technique where pigments mixed with an organic binder and/or lime are applied onto dry plaster. [1] The paints used can e.g. be casein paint, tempera, oil paint, silicate mineral paint. If the ...

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