Frescoes, in a Flash: Nagoya Institute of Technology Researchers Create Frescoes in a Single Day
NAGOYA, Japan, Jan. 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Frescoes, religious paintings from medieval Europe, require several decades to form. Now, researchers have successfully created a fresco in a single day using a novel technique that mimics the formation of sedimentary rocks in the Earth's crust.
- Now, researchers have successfully created a fresco in a single day using a novel technique that mimics the formation of sedimentary rocks in the Earth's crust.
- Frescoes, popular paintings from medieval Europe, are painted on a wet slaked lime plaster wall with natural rock pigments.
- However, this process takes place over decades, making frescoes a rarely practiced art form.
- To ensure pigment durability, the researchers subjected the painting to a warm press before the carbon dioxide treatment.