En cuanto a la tecnica de ejecucion del panel pictorico, sobre un mortero de preparacion (ariccio), de unos 2,3 cm de grosor, se dispuso una fina capa de cal con marmolina (
intonaco), de grosor inferior a 1 mm.
Anche in questo angolo d'Italia si vive all'insegna della precarieta e provvisorieta, come stanno ad indicare nell'abitazione la mancanza di
intonaco sulle pareti, di porte e finestre.
The
intonaco (top layer of plaster) exhibits the rough surface of Masaccio and Masolino's time, rather than the finer quality
intonaco of Lippi's.
Vigil paints onto the final, fifth layer, known as the
intonaco, while it's still wet.
The professor insists that these facades call for "individual solutions to their problems." But DIN standards defining treatment of the walls' plaster layers favour splatterdash, floating coats (arriccio), and finishing layers (
intonaco).
The pictorial remains of The Annunciation consist of an architectural setting with landscape portrayed on the top layer of the
intonaco, and the silhouette underneath of an angel on the base layer of detached plaster (the martellinatura, or hammering, on the surface was in preparation for a top layer of
intonaco, or fine plaster, for painting).
Ranieri, nel Camposanto, colta nel corso di lavori eseguiti scriteriatamente: "Ieri dovevano erigere un monumento a un farmacista, e cosi sono arrivati gli operai e hanno fatto un bel buco nena parete; ovviamente, ogni martellata faceva staccare un altro po' di
intonaco den'affresco, gia allentato, e contemporaneamente ha distrutto quanto restava di una testa di Antonio Veneziano.
(12) A late date seemed dictated by the graphic style of the extensive and wonderful sinopie (wall drawings on the arriccio [penultimate layer of plaster]) and underdrawings on the
intonaco (top layer of plaster) that are only visible because the work was left unfinished.
It is an ancient technique of painting on a fresh wet plaster surface (called "
intonaco"), usually on a wall.
The final coat of smooth, brilliant white limestone and sand, or
intonaco, must be damp when the artist begins to paint; hence the term fresco, which means "fresh."