Italian wall decorations of the 15th and 16th centuries : A handbook to the models, illustrating interiors of Italian buildings, in the Victoria and Albert museum, South Kensington (1901)
Victoria and Albert Museum · London : Chapman & Hall, limited · leaf 114
is to be THE VILLA MADAMA NEAR ROME. 63 perfectly slaked by letting it lie in a heap covered withpozzolana (the red volcanic earth which lies in deep bed overa great part of the Roman Campagna), and exposed to thesun and rain for at least a year. The lime is to be madefrom pure white marble, not… … Decoration on one of the Arches.coarsely-pounded marble, and to be allowed to dry thoroughlybefore applying the finishing coats, which are to be made withvery finely-powdered marble. This gesso duro of the mediaeval and modern Italians wascalled opus albavium or caementum marmoreum by the…
Architecture · Mural painting and decoration
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