ARTHIST 1A03 Study Guide - Buon Fresco, Cennino Cennini, Panel Painting

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Both applied on slip: mixed of clay and water. Slip is apply to the surface of a pot and carefully manipulating the firing process in a kiln to control oxygen. On black figure decoration on an amphora ceramic. Using sharp tool (stylus) to cut through the slip to the body of vessal, increasing linear detail. The reddish-purple glass is made of metallic pigment mixed with slip. Negative spaces is painted black to form and using fine brush dipped in liquid slip. Amphoras : only a couple of shapes they used. Roman mosaics: tesserae (marbles) are pressed into a soft cement called grout, once the stones were firmly set, grout (soft cement) was used to fill the spaces between the tesserae. Giornata (a days work: determine by how much painting can be done before dry, a giornata can be large or small, depends on how much detailed work is required. For example, faces takes longer time to accomplish than other parts.

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