carta bianca puntinata per lo spolvero

English translation: white paper pricked to allow the drawing to be transferred to a fresco (spolvero technique)

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Italian term or phrase: carta bianca puntinata per lo spolvero
English translation:white paper pricked to allow the drawing to be transferred to a fresco (spolvero technique)
Entered by: K Donnelly

08:17 Mar 5, 2010
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting
Italian term or phrase: carta bianca puntinata per lo spolvero
Verrocchio (Firenze 1437 – Venezia 1488) Testa di angelo, n. 130 E Matita nera, penna e bistro su carta bianca puntinata per lo spolvero
Michael Mottola
Italy
Local time: 20:40
white paper pricked to allow the drawing to be transferred to a fresco (spolvero technique)
Explanation:
white paper pricked to allow the drawing to be transferred to a fresco (spolvero technique)

a bit wordy, but this is the idea

Later, techniques for transferring paper drawings to the wall were developed. The main lines of the drawing were pricked over with a point, held against the wall, and a bag of soot (spolvero) banged on them on produce black dots along the lines.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fresco

An early method (see cartone) of transferring the artist's drawing onto the intonaco. After.drawings as large as the frescoes were made on paper, their outlines were pricked, and the paper was cut into pieces the size of each day's work.

http://www.mystudios.com/gallery/giotto/terms.html
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4white paper pricked to allow the drawing to be transferred to a fresco (spolvero technique)
K Donnelly
3sheet of white paper perforated for transfer using the 'spolvero' technique
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white paper pricked to allow the drawing to be transferred to a fresco (spolvero technique)


Explanation:
white paper pricked to allow the drawing to be transferred to a fresco (spolvero technique)

a bit wordy, but this is the idea

Later, techniques for transferring paper drawings to the wall were developed. The main lines of the drawing were pricked over with a point, held against the wall, and a bag of soot (spolvero) banged on them on produce black dots along the lines.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fresco

An early method (see cartone) of transferring the artist's drawing onto the intonaco. After.drawings as large as the frescoes were made on paper, their outlines were pricked, and the paper was cut into pieces the size of each day's work.

http://www.mystudios.com/gallery/giotto/terms.html

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sheet of white paper perforated for transfer using the 'spolvero' technique


Explanation:
The artist makes a drawing and pricks tiny holes in the outlines. After placing the drawing against a surface, he or she “pounces” it with a cloth bag of powdered charcoal or pigment, creating a dotted outline on the surface beneath.


    Reference: http://www.northernlightstudio.com/techniques.php
    Reference: http://maryjudge.com/artist/review_sozanski.html
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