fresco
Traditional fresco is painted directly onto plaster. This topic is part of Art within Arts & Culture. This page currently draws on 8 supporting questions, with answers and bonus facts available below.
fresco trivia questions
A fresco is a painting made on what?
Answer: Plaster
Bonus fact: Traditional fresco is painted directly onto plaster.
In true buon fresco, pigment is applied to plaster while it is what?
Answer: Wet
Bonus fact: Pigment bonds with the wall as wet plaster cures.
Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling is famous for what technique?
Answer: Fresco
Bonus fact: Much of the ceiling was painted in buon fresco.
What famous chapel in Vatican City contains Michelangelo's ceiling frescoes?
Answer: Sistine Chapel
Bonus fact: Michelangelo painted the Sistine Chapel ceiling in the early 16th century.
Fresco painting is traditionally applied to what surface?
Answer: Plaster
Bonus fact: Pigment becomes part of the wall surface.
In buon fresco, pigment is painted onto what kind of plaster?
Answer: Wet plaster
Bonus fact: As plaster cures, pigment bonds with it.
Michelangelo used fresco technique extensively in what famous chapel?
Answer: Sistine Chapel
Bonus fact: The ceiling and Last Judgment are frescoes.
What technique paints pigment onto wet plaster and is often used for murals?
Answer: Fresco
Bonus fact: Fresco bonds pigment into drying plaster.