Description

Fine Art Print of the “Red Sgraffito Fresco 001″ – buon fresco – 16X16 on ceramic tile, Renaissance Collection, by iLia Anossov (fresco), 2013.

This Fine Art Print is available as an Artist Signed Limited Edition of 20 (size 24X24) and as an Unsigned Open Edition (size 18X18).

“The House at the Minute” with sgraffito art. Old Town Square, Prague Czech Republic

Sgraffito (Italian: [zɡrafˈfiːto]; plural: sgraffiti; sometimes spelled scraffito) is an art technique, practiced by applying layers of plaster tinted in contrasting colors and then scratching so as to reveal parts of the underlying layer(s).

Sgraffito on walls has been used in Europe since classical times, it was popularized in Italy in the 15th and 16th centuries and later in Austria, Germany and Eastern Europe, specifically Poland and Czech. Also sgraffito can be found in African art. In combination with ornamental decoration these techniques formed an alternative to the prevailing painting of walls. The technical procedures are similar to the painting of frescoes.