What is Fresco?

Fresco is a painting technique in which the paint is applied to the plaster wall or the "intonako", which is still wet, so the wall absorbs the color of the color during drying. This method causes the image to deploy on the wall permanently, as evidenced by a matte, less glossy surface, unlike the application of color to the already dried wall. Images that are usually performed in this way are usually on a larger scale than the usual images, and therefore spacious walls are preferred surfaces. Probably the most famous frescoes are paintings on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican City, where the Renaissance man Michelangelo painted many of the most important stories and characters of the Bible as fictional walls like wall walls like Canvas. Historically, the frescoes can be dated 30,000 years ago, when the frescoes were seen in some limestone caves in France and Spain, with figures like horses, lions, bison and even extinct Mammoth. The use of plaster made of limestone began in 1500 BC and became predominant in STRadia regions as in Egypt, Greece and Morocco, where frescoes have religious purposes, because many of them were seen in the tombs and funeral sites. The plaster painting samples were also found in some Asian countries, such as India and Turkey.

In addition to fresh plaster, another important part of the painting is the color of the color itself. Traditionally, the color is made of naturally derived ground pigments, which are then mixed with water. The color is then applied to the wet plaster with a brush and both components are dried simultaneously. Usually a painter or "fresco" draws a general outline of the image with red chalk or "sinopia".

There are three general types of frescoes depending on Freshness or the moisture of the plaster surface. The first type is "Buon Fresco", literally translated as "True Fresh", because this type uses for the surface of the wisest plaster. In mixing with only water, the pigment is applied to the wet plaster that fully absorbuje barvu, zatímco zaschne. To ensure its moisture, the plaster is applied to a part of the wall according to the part, depending on how much work the painter can complete in the session.

The second type is "mezzo-fresco" or "medium fresh", because the plaster is only slightly wet, but dry enough to make the fingerprints not form. Tato metoda umožňuje pouze mírnou absorpci barvy. "A Secco" or "dry" type of painting Fresco uses dry plaster for canvas, requires another binding agent for pigment other than water, such as yolk, oil or glue. To umožňuje, aby se barva spojila se stěnou, ale ve skutečnosti neumožňuje pronikání. Leonardo da Vinci vytvořil svůj slavný obraz „Poslední večeře“ pomocí A Secco Metoda.