St. Seraphim of Sarov Orthodox Church in Santa Rosa, CA

http://www.orthodoxartsjournal.org/completion-of-dome-fresco-in-santa-rosa-ca/

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  1. ElishaJuly 25, 2014 at 9:39 AM

    Yay, my parish!

    It might be helpful to post the the Orthodox Arts Journal article to provide the context for "more than just a nice photo".

    http://www.orthodoxartsjournal.org/completion-of-dome-fresco-in-santa-rosa-ca/

    As mentioned in the article, we are possibly the only Orthodox parish in the country (or even maybe western hemisphere) with frescoes. A few other parishes may say they have frescoes, but they are in fact seco - painting (usually with acrylic) directly on dry plaster. I've seen a church that had acrylic on plaster where water leaks has caused it to flake off. This would not happen with frescoes ("fresh" in Italian - painting directly on wet plaster).

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  2. Byzantine, TXJuly 25, 2014 at 9:59 AM

    I did link the image to the article. :)

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    1. ElishaJuly 25, 2014 at 10:31 AM

      I see, my mistake, but it is not obvious (or I wouldn't have responded) that one would want to click on the pic to get the "why".

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  3. Steve_BarrieJuly 29, 2014 at 7:46 AM

    Thanks for explaining what a real fresco is. I am sure I will be quoting you at church for many years to come. The iconographer Vera Senchuk in Canada does "wall murals" which people call frescoes, but I think in truth her work (which is beautiful too) is more likely " seco ".

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    1. ElishaJuly 30, 2014 at 10:49 AM

      This wiki link describes the technique succinctly:

      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buon_fresco

      Pretty much all frescoes though have secco on top though for the details.

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