Frescos from the 13th to the 18th century: Fresken vom 13. bis zum 18. Jahrhundert book by Irene Sbrilli : Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice book in great condition. Pages in excellent condition. Images are beautiful bright and vivid. No notes or highlighting. Very large book 35x41 over 6kg. See images. Fantastic book.

Format: Hardcover

Author: Irene Sbrilli

ISBN: 9788866371373

Condition: Used - Very Good


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About the book >.>.> The great wealth of frescos that enhance churches and palaces throughout Europe are evidence of the success of this technique, one partly explained by the word "fresco" itself (from the Latin for fresh). The process, in fact, involves laying coloured pigments on a layer of fresh plaster. Once a wall is smooth, layers of increasingly fine sand and lime are applied, ending with the "float" or "brown" coat, onto which artists sketch out their composition with "sinopia", a red pigment from the town of Sinop on the Black Sea. Next, a very thin layer of plaster is laid onto the wall, ready to receive the colour for as long as it remains damp. A technique therefore, that must be executed quickly, but which does not need any protection from varnish and in ideal climatic conditions, it is a genre known Like all genres of painting, the subjects depicted in frescos evolved over the centuries. In the 14th century, painting was firmly linked to popular religious beliefs and was accompanied by appropriate captions - sayings from the Bible and others of a more apocryphal nature too. During the century that followed, the use of frescos, exactly like that of perspective, spread from churches to private palaces and temporal subjects began to appear alongside those of a religious nature. Aristocratic families habitually commissioned the best artists of the day to produce cycles of paintings that celebrated their family name. (OS)