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Painting Large Frescoes in the Renaissance
Wednesday Lecture, on Zoom and at the British Institute Library
by Alan Pascuzzi
For Renaissance painters, executing large fresco cycles in churches was an artistic undertaking, that involved seriously complex workshop organization. Fresco cycles like Giotto's Bardi Chapel or Ghirlandaio's Tornabuoni Chapel, were not only artistic achievements but the result of careful planning and coordination of artisans, labourers and assistants. This talk will explore the 'dirty' aspect of large fresco cycles and reveal just how much sand, lime paste, scaffolding, pigment, paper and just plain hard work it took to make them.
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