Some books are this. Good reading to all.

M. Fogliata e M.L. Sartor, "L’Arte dello Stucco a Venezia", Edilstampa, Roma, 1995

E.E. Viollet le Duc, Dictionnaire de l'Architetture, Parigi 1866

G. Merzario, I maestri comacini, Milano, 1893

T. Venturini Papesi, La pittura e l'arte dello stucco al tempo di Augusto Roma 1901

P. Toesca, Il medioevo, Torino 1927

P. Molmenti, La storia di Venezia nella vita privata , Bergamo 1929

G.Ferrari, La stucco nell'arte italiana, Milano

F. Meli, G. Serpotta, Palermo 1934

C. Cecchelli, La vita di Roma nel medioevo: Arti minori, Roma

G. Morazzoni, Stucchi italiani, maestri genovesi, etc. Milano 1950

V. Golzio, Il seicento ed il settecento, Torino 1950

P. Toesca, il trecento, Torino 1951

G. Mariacher, Camini, Milano 1958

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Thank you Solo. Is there an IT site where we can order any of these?
Jan

This is the best search engine for text that you can find in public libraries also in the United States
Karlsruhe University
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Something more in english.
Probably a few know that ancient stucco as it was used by Greeks and Romans, was a white color proper medley coming from slaked lime and white marble or stone powder mixture. At that time coloring wasn't done during the mixture, but afterward, decorating still fresh plaster with colors.

Giorgio Vasari (Painter, architect and art writer, Arezzo 1511 - Florence 1574) wrote about Giovanni from Udine, the great artist Raffaello's pupil, stucco decorator master, a specialist in 'grotesque' decorations:

«finally crushed pieces from the whitest possible marble, made it in tiny powder and sifted it, so he melted it with white travertine lime, and found that without any doubt it was the way to make the true ancient stucco with all those parts he wished in it»
(Travertine: calcareous rock coming from soluble calcium bicarbonate rich waters deposite
that becomes insoluble bicarbonate)

Again Giorgio Vasari describes roman stucco composition:

«in a stone mortar they crush marble chips; they can't use if not white lime, made by marble or travertine chips; and instead of sand they would take crushed marble, tiny sifted and melted with lime, proportion would be two parts of lime and one of crushed marble and would make thicker and thinner, as they would like to work it.»

To 'whiten' at that time meant to plaster walls with stucco (white faux finishing).
Faux finishing: (stucco prepared with white marble powder and slaked lime). Nowadays with faux finishing we mean a finishing plaster basically made by stonelime and marble or stone powder. It is so called (faux finishing or marmorino) because it is the best marble representation both in composition and in final look.
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Hi Friend's..

Do you guys know some intressting Italian Social Networking Site ?
There are many discussion servers, like venetian plaster history.
YAMUCA.COM

Hi, yes but I think that is not possible to put link here. You send me a private message.

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