Pages summary :

Definitions, materials and tools
Definitions
The Byzantine technique
Materials
The carbonation
Tools
Brushes

The portable fresco

The wall fresco
Why make portable frescoes ?
Diagnosis and wall preparation
Making a frame
The "gobetis"
Covering with lightened concrete
Covering with cellular concrete

Working on the support
Preparation of the mortar
The rough coat layer
The painting coat
Floating
Smoothing

Fresco painting
Colors
Color table
Drawing
Transfer the drawing
Stages of painting
Deterioration
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