Giornata

The Giornata, German Tagwerk is applied in one step painting surface in the fresco painting.

Basics

In the production of frescoes in the mural a specific surface plaster has applied, and the painting are still finished on that day, because then hardens the plaster, and not a true fresco longer possible ( the term comes from the Italian fresco " fresh", in Renaissance explicitly as buon fresco). Not finished plaster surfaces to be cut off again. These related Flächenelemnte is called Tagwerk or (Italian ) giornata.

It is a typical size for a painter, which is related to its operation, known for their large Tagwerke are about Leonardo da Vinci and Paul Troger. These painters have recognized the Giornaten already in the signature.

Tagwerksgrenzen

Because the next day the new plaster surface is usually attached to the older painting surfaces that Tagwerksgrenzen remain legible. They are clearly visible in raking light. Thus, in the investigation of age murals not only the individual Tagwerke itself can be distinguished from the direction of the on a plaster edge of a plaster surface is created visible by the other, can be a Tagwerksplan create, documenting the emergence of large-scale Maleien.

Tagwerke different hands

Experienced fresco painters used the first Tagwerke mostly in the central image areas. Often the background paintings and even minor characters were then performed by employees of a workshop. Also, such change of hands can be seen from the Tagwerksplänen. Some frescoes is even documented that only the faces were painted by the master than a day's work, the rest of the figure adds another hand, or present them.