Fresco painting is one of the oldest art techniques that was used in the world. The word fresco came from the Greek word: fresko meaning “fresh”. Moreover, this fresco painting is a technique wherein the artist uses fresh plaster as a medium to paint; This painting technique has three types , these are : Mezzo-fresco , fresco secco and Buon fresco. The main technique that I’ll be focusing on is the Buon Fresco.
Buon Fresco or sometimes referred as true fresco is the most common method of fresco painting technique in which the artist uses a wet plaster and paints on it while it’s freshly laid on the wall. Buon Fresco consists of the following basic process: first, the artist prepares the illustration that he/she wanted to do which would be transferred through the course of painting. Next, the artist will prepare the plaster by mixing it and then he/she will place or put the wet plaster into the wall. Lastly, while the plaster is still fresh and wet, this is the time where the artist needs to begin his/her painting. The challenge and the disadvantage of this technique is that one must have the speed to complete the artwork before the plaster …show more content…
This two methods have a similar medium which is the plaster, but their process or the application of the plaster is completely different. In Buon Fresco, it is done through a wet plaster and it is a more permanent method whereas the Fresco Secco uses a dry plaster and uses a tempera binder medium such as an egg white. Furthermore, fresco secco is less permanent than the Buon fresco technique;the disadvantage of this method is that the plaster laid upon the wall is egg shell thin , that could easily break or be scrape off. Moreover, fresco secco method was common and primarily used in the ancient Egyptian period specifically the New Kingdom , where in the main purpose of their paintings is for visual narrative or to tell a story and for funerary