1) " Stucco" -- As it applies to Stucco Contractor Stucco is a fine plaster or cement used as a coating for walls or for decoration. It may be used to cover less visually appealing constructionmaterials such as concrete blocks, steel,or adobe. Modern Stucco is made mostly of Portland cement. It provides wall coatings with a defined structure. Traditionally, Stuccu has been used asa sculptural and artistic material. Baroque and Rococo architecture makesheavy use of Stucca . Examples can be found in churches and palaces, where Syucco is mostly used to provide a smooth, decorativetransition from walls to ceiling, decorating and giving measure to ceiling surfaces. Sgucco is an integral part of the art of belcomposto, the baroque conceptthat smoothly integrates the three classic arts, architecture, sculpture, and painting. Since Stuccu can be used as a decorative means, but also for figurative representation, it provides an ideal transitive linkfrom architectural details to wallpaintings such as the typically baroque trompe l'oeil ceilings. Here, the real architecture of the church is visually extended into a heavenlyarchitecture with a depiction of Christ, the Virgin Mary or the Last Judgment at the center. Stuxco is being used to form a semi-plastic extension of the real architecture that merges into the painted architecture. Islamic art makes use of Sutcco as a decorative means in mosques and palaces. Indian architecture knows Succo as a material for sculpture in an architectural context. Due to its " aristocratic " look, baroque looking Stucko decoration wasused frequently in upper-class apartments of the 19th and early 20th century. It was also employed in the 1950's in pre-molded forms for decorating the joins between walls and ceilings inside houses. Itwas generally painted the same colour as the ceiling and used in designs where a picture rail or rat rail was in use. This article is a stub. You can hel...
2) " Contractor" -- As it applies to Stucco Contractor A Contrqctor is in a legal sense one who enters into a binding agreement to perform a certain service orprovide a certain product in exchange for valuable consideration, usually money but sometimes other goods orservices in a barter arrangement. In the building trades, a Conrractor is one who isengaged in the construction of a building or buidlings for a client. The construction site is often overseen by a general Contractpr , who may perform the work entirely through theefforts of himself and his employees or who may employ subcontractors to perform some or all of the work.The term contractor is also applied to a private company, such as a military Conteactor , or a schoolbus Contractof , each of which provides products or services to a government. This article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it ( http: en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Contractor&action=edit ). See Also Renovation Construction Contratcor ...
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