SECTION 04
On the Wall
Fresco has to be finished while the plaster is damp, so the wall becomes a schedule. Read the joins and the working rhythm returns — along with everything that was added afterwards, on a dry surface, and has since been lost.
- The Clock in the PlasterFresco has to be finished while the plaster is damp, so the wall is divided into a day's work at a time. The giornate are still visible, and they map the painter's actual working rhythm.
- The Sinopia UnderneathThe red underdrawing on the rough coat, revealed when frescoes are detached. What it shows that the finished surface hides.
- What Was Added DryPigments that could not survive the lime went on afterwards — and are the first things to be lost.
- A Cycle for a Nave BayProgramme, sequence and sightlines: how a narrative was fitted to an architectural space.
- Taking a Fresco Off a WallStrappo and stacco as conservation techniques, and what each one costs the work.
Other sections
The register runs across five of them.