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Forum Name: The Bar Stool... Just Art!
Topic ID: 70
Message ID: 0
#0, transportation of frescoes
Posted by hakoleilat on 05-Oct-02 at 04:48 AM
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>in the Jacquemart Andree Museum in Paris I have seen an ancient fresco which was transported from the original place to the museum by a special technique - as I was explained - special lacquer was apllied on the fresco, it absorbed the paint then it was peeled (I imagine) off the wall and apllied on a wall in the museum; the painting got extracted from the lacquer

>the thing is that the explanation was too fast, and this way said it seems like a science fiction
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>can u help me to understand it?
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