World Fresco News from the "Contemporary Fresco Gazette"

First True (buon) Fresco Course Approved for Interior Designers

IDCEC has approved the course "True (Buon) Fresco: Introduction for Interior Designers" developed by Fresco School for CEU credit. The Interior Design Continuing Education Council (IDCEC) has approved the course titled "True (Buon) Fresco: Introduction for Interior Designers" for Continuing Education credit. This 1 hour and 15 minute course explains the meaning of true (buon) fresco and dispels misconceptions about this form of art. During the course the participants will learn about the 40-thousand year history of fresco and see famous fresco examples from different cultures. They will learn about fresco styles and have a clear understanding of fresco techniques. They will learn foundational differences between classic lime plasters, including fresco, and imitation techniques, such as modified acrylic based plaster imitations.

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Malibu Fresco painting - interview with iLia Anossov (fresco)

The 'Before and After'... In Reverse... "We plastered and painted in true fresco every wall and ceiling in this house, years then decades, then centuries have passed and there were only a few frescoes left. We had to come back and plaster and paint again and again and again over the old ones and over the new that became old themselves. Now, centuries later, there are just a few left worn out in most places all the way down to the horse-haired, volcanic ash plaster." A Malibu beach-front retreat built by art collector, designer and antiques dealer Richard Shapiro has "the look, age and aura of a very old, windswept structure from the Mediterranean or the Aegean." All walls in the house are sheathed in frescoed plaster and partially covered by the Renaissance-style frescoes created by fresco artist iLia Anossov, founder of Fresco School in Los Angeles. iLia, one of very few artists in the world who can be considered masters of the art of fresco painting, has shared some of the inspiration and techniques he used while working on this project.

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The Steve McQueen Monument is back in Los Angeles

During 1971 early Los Angeles street artist Kent Twitchell painted his first realistic mural. He called it "Steve McQueen Monument" and pictures of it began appearing in newspapers everywhere, a two-story cool blue phantom coming out of a house a few blocks west (12th Street and Union Avenue) of Downtown Los Angeles.

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Pamela Platt restores Dorothy Stuart's buon fresco.

The corner images were covered with salt: a result of the water leak pushing out elements within the roofing material through the lime plaster. I was fortunate enough to connect with fresco artist at the Fresco School who provided a formula to disintegrate the salt and restore the lime plaster back to its original constitution. The formula originated from Italy and the restoration of frescoes in Florence that were damaged during the 1966 floods. This formula was also used on the cleaning of the Sistine Chapel.

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Degradation and Conservation of Frescoes.

Deterioration of fresco paintings results from the open, porous nature of their support (walls and ceilings of buildings or other carriers) and their interaction with the surrounding microclimates. The porous mortar backing provides an easy route for the movement of dilute salt solutions. Salts contained in the building materials or the surrounding area can be readily transported to the plaster underlying the painting. Old leaky roof, clogged gutters or subterranean walls and/or semi-buried walls - anything that would cause water to soak and remain in the wall will eventually bring salts from adjasent areas into the plaster. The wall and fresco can get wet from the rains and not be affected as long as it is exposed to freely moving air that would dry it naturally.

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