. The Civil engineer and architect's journal, scientific and railway gazette. Architecture; Civil engineering; Science. A, The entire above the .lolled line is painted in flowing hair included ; the cm being made at the dotte B B, represents the joining that, less carelul C C C, Boundary of anotlwr day's work. me day, and the lino C. The line trtists Mould have dently by the master's own hand, which have darkened: for instance, in one bead he has had recourse to distemper to represent the external locks of hair. This seems to indicate a difficulty in fresco which at first sight a
. The Civil engineer and architect's journal, scientific and railway gazette. Architecture; Civil engineering; Science. A, The entire above the .lolled line is painted in flowing hair included ; the cm being made at the dotte B B, represents the joining that, less carelul C C C, Boundary of anotlwr day's work. me day, and the lino C. The line trtists Mould have dently by the master's own hand, which have darkened: for instance, in one bead he has had recourse to distemper to represent the external locks of hair. This seems to indicate a difficulty in fresco which at first sight appears formidable. In a picture by Gaudcnzio Ferrari, at Milan, a female head with long flowing locks is repre- Fig. 4. sented, and the joining is made next the locks, and has a very bad effect; the difficulty is suc- cessfully overcome by the Ger- man artists without having re- course to distemper, and with- out placing the joining so as to injure the appearance of the picture. This may best be ex- emplified by a sketch : the fly- ing tresses are painted in on the back-ground on one day, and the head is put in the next day; the joining is indicated by the dotted line in the figure ("Figs. 3 & 4). The foliage of trees is managed in the same Work (or portions of work) of two days. way- It would be vain to think The dotted line shows the cutting. The of cutting round the outline of drapery under the beard is executed the foliage; the outer leaves and same day as the head. thin projecting branches are executed on the same day with the back-ground, and the cutting is kept quite within these. Transparency.—This important quality is perfectly attainable in fresco- painting ; it is found in the works of the Roman and Florentine masters ; amongst the latter, more especially in those of Andrea del Sarto; in those of the Lombards it is admirably maintained ; and its excess is seen in those of the Venetians. It is not easy to explain how transparency is to be attained in fresco
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