On the occasion of the recent restoration of the Sistine Chapel Ceiling frescos by Michelangelo, we could see closely the surface itself on the scaffording. And we noticed there the traces of "punteggiato" (small holes by awl), not those of "spolvero" (black powders) for the execution of the fresco painting from cartoon. While Micehlangelo used this technique for the ceiling fresco, Raphael used it for the mural fresco in the Room of "Segnatura", which was began a little later than Sistine Ceiling. The famous cartoon for the School of Athens (Ambrogiana Museum, Milan) shows also the "punteggiato", not "spolvero". This technique is in fact convenient for conservation and exhibition of the cartoon itself, because the surface is not stained with the "spolvero". In this period, the cartoon itself is considered as a independent work, as Vasari admired that of "Battle of Cascina" by Michelangelo (disappeared) and of the "Virgin and St. Anne" Cartoon by Leonard da Vinci (National Gallery, London). Raphael used this "punteggiato" technique for his frescos, and his cartoon became biggest and most representative expression of the drawings ("disegno"), which Vasari considered later as the fundamental of all arts in his theory of art.
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