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sgraffito: see graffito graffito .
1 Method of ornamenting architectural plaster surfaces. The designs are produced by scratching a topcoat of plaster to reveal an undercoat of contrasting and deeper color. ..... Click the link for more information. . sgraffito A type of decoration executed by covering a surface, as of plaster or enamel, of one color, with a thin coat of a similar material of another color, and then scratching or scoring through the outer coat to show the color beneath. Sgraffito a type of decorative mural painting produced by scratching the fine surface layer of plaster until the underlying plaster, which is a different color than the upper, is revealed. In ancient times the sgraffito effect was used in archaic Greek and Etruscan vases. From the 15th to 17th centuries sgraffito was popular in Italian wall decoration. It was mostly used to embellish facades, owing to the durability of the technique. Sgraffiti subsequently spread from Italy to other countries, including Germany and Bohemia. Sgraffito is widely used in 20th-century mural painting. REFERENCEKrestov, M. A. Shtukalurka sgraffito. Moscow, 1938.How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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No references found | Wells' style of rendering saints initially exhibited the same bold and isolated marks seen in his morada paintings; but later, he experimented with sgraffito -- scratching through a painted surface to expose the gessoed support beneath. At Studio Ceramics there are two workshops - Play with clay: Pandora's Box with artist Manuella Mavromichalis and Painting on Bisque: Sgraffito with Cynthia Ikponmwonba. oil based pastels can be thinned and blended with turpentine, or scrapped off to reveal colours underneath, known as sgraffito ? |
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