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Did Michelangelo Have a Hidden Agenda? - WSJ.com
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Never mind the Da Vinci Code -- what about Michelangelo's secret messages? On the 500th anniversary of the artist's first climb up the ladder in 1508 to paint the Sistine Chapel ceiling, a new book claims he embedded subversive messages in his spectacular frescoes -- not only Jewish, Kabbalistic and pagan symbols but also insults directed at Pope Julius II, who commissioned the work, and references to his own sexuality.
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Practice Lime Putty for Fresco Plastering
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To gain experience in plastering at a minimal cost (pure calcium lime putty - is expensive) it is possible to prepare a "Practice Lime Putty" from common Type-S Hydrated Construction Lime. Type-S Hydrated Lime is manufactured from Dolomitic Limestone (Dolomitic limestone contains 35 to 46 percent magnesium carbonate). Being a great lime to practice fresco plaster application techniques, this lime is NOT suitable for the actual painting in fresco
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Fresco School Video Channel at YouTube.com/FrescoSchool
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Los Angeles based Fresco School (FrescoSchool.org) is proud to announe it's new Video Channel at www.YouTube.com/FrescoSchool.
The new chanel features video clips and video tutorials on fresco painting technique. Fresco Video Channel opens with the release of the detailed video tutorial on fresco plastering tools.
"Fresco Painting is the Mother of all Arts and as the channel progresses a variety of "YouTube size" art education videos will be added, including cartoon (drawing for fresco) painting, composition, color and other disciplines of fine and decorative art and painting with focus on applied arts." - said iLia Anossov (fresco), founder of the Fresco School
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Lime Putty, Putty Lime, Pit Lime, Quicklime, Slaked Lime Fresco Lime - what is it?
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Lime Putty is the main ingredient of the buon fresco painting. Preparation of painting surfaces for fresco involves the application of plaster of increasingly finer texture.
The first step (which in nowadays mainly done by the factories) is the heating (calcination) of marble or limestone (calcium carbonate, CaCO3) at 800-900ßC to make porous lime (calcium oxide, CaO).
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Perfect fit | Philadelphia Inquirer
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A mighty volcanic eruption smothered the Mediterranean island of Thera in the 17th century B.C., preserving a storied trove of cultural and artistic relics from the late Bronze Age.
Computer experts at Princeton are helping archaeologists reassemble fragments of an ancient Greek fresco.
When it was excavated in modern times, however, much of the trove was like a giant jigsaw puzzle. Greek archaeologists have labored for decades to reconstruct striking frescoes from pieces that still boast their original creamy whites and deep reds.
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Learn
Plaster. Sand and lime mixtures. Humidity control and moisture.
Scratch, rough, float, arriccio, intonaco and more...
Prepare
Cartoon and do the transfer. Study multiple giornata composition
design. 
Work
with pigments and color. Prepare your own Fresco Palette!
Paint
you own Fresco! Learn hands-on about painting on wet plaster and
experience the "Golden Hour"!