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affreschi "strappati"

English translation: removed/detached frescoes

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Italian term or phrase:affreschi "strappati"
English translation:removed/detached frescoes
Entered by: Maria Burnett

20:31 Nov 2, 2005
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - History / a piece on the Maremma del Lazio
Italian term or phrase: affreschi "strappati"
e la riproduzione di sette tombe con affreschi “strappati”.
Maria Burnett
United States
Local time: 13:28
removed/detached frescoes
Explanation:
Affreschi "strappati" means that they have been removed/detached from their original settings.
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Valentina Matone
Local time: 19:28
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5 +4removed/detached frescoes
Valentina Matone
4frescos removed with the "Calicot" method (pulling of the fresco)
eva sturm


  

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39 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +4
affreschi
removed/detached frescoes


Explanation:
Affreschi "strappati" means that they have been removed/detached from their original settings.


    Reference: http://www.international.icomos.org/publications/secondab19....
Valentina Matone
Local time: 19:28
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agree  silvia b (X)
0 min
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agree  Linda 969: detached from deteriorated plaster, different from *stacco* http://www.mystudios.com/gallery/giotto/terms.html
10 mins
  -> Grazie!
agree  Elena Governo
14 hrs
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agree  Alexandra Speirs
1 day 21 hrs
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41 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
frescos removed with the "Calicot" method (pulling of the fresco)


Explanation:
http://www.frescos.biz/affresco-eng.htm
Mariani Affreschi Company is one of the oldest established companies supplying authentic frescos throughout the world. We combine the ancient technique of fresco and the so-called "Calicot" method of "strappo da muro" (pulling of the fresco).



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