La fresque sur ciment : un renouveau artistique

The fresco painting technique has been widely used throughout history in the occidental world, in particular at the Roman period, and is known to be the most durable form of mural painting. The traditional technique consists in applying water-dispersed pigments on a fresh lime plaster, which later h...

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Main Authors: Marine Bayle, Éléonore Gueit, Évelyne Darque-Ceretti, Matthieu Horgnies, Marc Aucouturier
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Language:fra
Published: Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication 2013-11-01
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/insitu/10813
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author Marine Bayle
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Évelyne Darque-Ceretti
Matthieu Horgnies
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description The fresco painting technique has been widely used throughout history in the occidental world, in particular at the Roman period, and is known to be the most durable form of mural painting. The traditional technique consists in applying water-dispersed pigments on a fresh lime plaster, which later hardens through carbonation reaction. Following the invention of the Portland cement at the 20th century, some mural artists experimented a similar painting technique on cement plaster. Although the setting mechanisms of cement are different from lime, the cement frescoes present the same aspect and the same durability as the lime frescoes. The historical and practical aspects of the lime technique are well-documented, but the fundamental mechanisms responsible for the properties of a fresco surface have rarely been investigated and are still poorly understood. Based on analyses of frescoes from the early 20th century and on laboratory reconstitutions, this study brings new insight on the formation of a fresco surface.
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spelling doaj-art-8856b247795e48b99d514462218dfd6c2025-08-20T02:34:25ZfraMinistère de la Culture et de la CommunicationIn Situ1630-73052013-11-012210.4000/insitu.10813La fresque sur ciment : un renouveau artistiqueMarine BayleÉléonore GueitÉvelyne Darque-CerettiMatthieu HorgniesMarc AucouturierThe fresco painting technique has been widely used throughout history in the occidental world, in particular at the Roman period, and is known to be the most durable form of mural painting. The traditional technique consists in applying water-dispersed pigments on a fresh lime plaster, which later hardens through carbonation reaction. Following the invention of the Portland cement at the 20th century, some mural artists experimented a similar painting technique on cement plaster. Although the setting mechanisms of cement are different from lime, the cement frescoes present the same aspect and the same durability as the lime frescoes. The historical and practical aspects of the lime technique are well-documented, but the fundamental mechanisms responsible for the properties of a fresco surface have rarely been investigated and are still poorly understood. Based on analyses of frescoes from the early 20th century and on laboratory reconstitutions, this study brings new insight on the formation of a fresco surface.https://journals.openedition.org/insitu/10813cementfrescoHenri Marretlimesurfacepigments
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La fresque sur ciment : un renouveau artistique
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fresco
Henri Marret
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surface
pigments
title La fresque sur ciment : un renouveau artistique
title_full La fresque sur ciment : un renouveau artistique
title_fullStr La fresque sur ciment : un renouveau artistique
title_full_unstemmed La fresque sur ciment : un renouveau artistique
title_short La fresque sur ciment : un renouveau artistique
title_sort la fresque sur ciment un renouveau artistique
topic cement
fresco
Henri Marret
lime
surface
pigments
url https://journals.openedition.org/insitu/10813
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