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Fresco

  

The art of fresco plays an essential role in the cultural and historical evolution of Italian painting.
The technique of painting on fresh mortar includes several variants, depending on the use of pigments, primer application methods, paint application methods, type of primer for lime plaster and intonachino finish, all of which make essential issues to consider prior to selecting the best restoration approach.
   
Studying the characteristics of masonry and assessing its state of conservation comes along with analyzing the original pigments, to make it possible to identify any later repainting or dry retouches.
  
All procedures of re-consolidation and consolidation, cleaning and painting integration are executed with the most advanced and least invasive techniques. Gaps are filled with the most similar materials, paint integrations are made in accordance with the principles of recognizability and reversibility.
   
We also perform detachment and re-attachment of fresco and mural paintings.