Contemporary Fresco GazetteTrueFresco.Org, a nonprofit webspace, established to host Art community, Outreach Programs and Art News Publishing Center. It is targeted to develop foundation for the Fresco Painting Society. Contemporary Fresco Art Gazette delivers Art News and Network Updates with dynamic Art Blogs on fresco painting and restoration, fine and decorative arts, sculpture, architecture and interior design. Content is published in Browser and PDA formats, syndication with RSS and XML Art feeds.Fresco Painting - Introduction- April 8, 2008 In it's essence, fresco or fresco painting is an - application of natural mineral pigments to a surface on which a following chemical reaction takes place: Ca(OH)2(s) + CO2(g) ----> CaCO3(s) + H2O(l) Calcium Hydrate (burned lime stone or marble mixed with water) combined with carbon dioxide resulting in the formation of Calcium Carbonate - lime stone, marble. It is like "Painting with molten Marble".http://www.truefresco.org/fresco_technique/000089.html from the world fresco news - March 2008- April 6, 2008 A 1930s mural at SDSU, hidden for decades under ceiling tiles, is restored Mallios hopes to parlay the momentum of this mural's successful restoration into a fundraising campaign for the other mural. It's an egg-tempera fresco that depicts each stage of the local tuna industry, and features Portuguese fishermen in Point Loma, women on an assembly line processing the fish, and Asian merchants preparing to sell the...http://www.truefresco.org/contemporary_fresco_news/000090.html |