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intonaco

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intonaco
The fine finish coat of plaster made with white marble dust to receive a fresco painting.


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12) A late date seemed dictated by the graphic style of the extensive and wonderful sinopie (wall drawings on the arriccio [penultimate layer of plaster]) and underdrawings on the intonaco (top layer of plaster) that are only visible because the work was left unfinished.
Ranieri, nel Camposanto, colta nel corso di lavori eseguiti scriteriatamente: "Ieri dovevano erigere un monumento a un farmacista, e cosi sono arrivati gli operai e hanno fatto un bel buco nena parete; ovviamente, ogni martellata faceva staccare un altro po' di intonaco den'affresco, gia allentato, e contemporaneamente ha distrutto quanto restava di una testa di Antonio Veneziano.
These underdrawings were then covered over in the process of laying down the final, fine plaster layer, the intonaco.
 
 
 
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