Battitura dei fili
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| 4 | snapping taut pieces of string onto the surface of the fresco |
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| 3 +1 | cord snapping |
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| 3 | Snapping a line/cord |
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snapping taut pieces of string onto the surface of the fresco Explanation: This technique is still employed in the construction sector, using chalk lines. I don't think it can be expressed as concisely in English as it is in Italian. 'Snapped lines' doesn't convey a clear meaning. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 16 mins (2024-01-19 16:18:13 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- In your case, I don't think they'd need to use pigment because the string would make a mark in the wet plaster. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 19 mins (2024-01-19 16:21:01 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Sorry, ignore my last comment - you've already said this. |
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peer agreement (net): +1cord snapping Explanation: .. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 h (2024-01-19 17:25:45 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- https://ccaroma.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/AlRadi_Nardi_... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 h (2024-01-19 17:26:07 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Cord-snapping is commonly used in wall painting as a quick way to make straight lines. It is done by marking the plaster (with a brush or small incisions) at ... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 6 h (2024-01-19 22:18:28 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- https://www.academia.edu/14746606/Drawing_and_Painting_in_th... The patterns that might stylus-ruled (or cord-snapped) horizontals to align the have survived such intensive use (their purpose and units, Ghirbndaio and his ... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 6 h (2024-01-19 22:23:05 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- https://www.giuseppebasile.org/ext/scrovegni/eng/capire/pop0... In addition, before the design can be drawn and the pigments applied to the final layer of plaster, a whole series of preparatory operations must be carried out: snapping the cords (establishing a centre line or a grid by means of a taut cord dipped in paint and snapped against the surface), applying the rough plaster undercoat -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 6 h (2024-01-19 22:36:36 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- https://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/28/arts/under-a-shroud-of-ki... Mr. Strinati, for his part, believes that many details in the newfound Cavallini fresco are eerily echoed in the ''St. Francis Legend.'' Walking over to the chapel's left wall, he points to remnants of battitura dei fili, a technique in which stretched-out thread covered in reddish paint was snapped on the wall to help create straight lines in the fresco's background architecture. ''That technique was once thought to have originated at Assisi,'' he explains. ''But here it is, in a medieval Roman church.'' -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 6 h (2024-01-19 22:38:55 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/international-colle... Cords soaked in red ink were stretched out between two pieces of wood and then snapped against the wall to create perfectly straight lines. |
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| Reference: findings Reference information: https://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/28/arts/under-a-shroud-of-ki... Walking over to the chapel's left wall, he points to remnants of battitura dei fili, a technique in which stretched-out thread covered in reddish paint was snapped on the wall to help create straight lines in the fresco's background architecture. ''That technique was once thought to have originated at Assisi,'' he explains. ''But here it is, in a medieval Roman church.'' -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 h (2024-01-19 17:16:06 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- https://www.palazzospinelli.org/argomed/scheda-argomed-eng.a... snapped cord technique In the technique of mural painting, the expression indicates a particular method for marking, on the surface which is to be painted, horizontal and vertical lines of reference for the composition or the grid for the transportation of the drawing. The procedure foresees that, on the surface, a string is held tightly (between pre-defined points) usually covered with charcoal powder or brown earth: taking advantage of the tension of the string, it is lifted into the centre and then let go to fall, so that on the wall, a straight line is imprinted. note: italiano battitura dei fili francese traçage au cordeau -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 h (2024-01-19 17:19:15 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=mkJfbdTS--UC&pg=PA735&lp... |
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