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dry fresco. — See fresco secco … Useful english dictionary
fresco painting — Method of wall painting in which water based pigments are applied to wet, freshly laid lime plaster. The dry powder colours, when mixed with water, penetrate the surface and become a permanent part of the wall. This technique is also known as… … Universalium
fresco secco — the technique of painting in watercolors on dry plaster. Also called dry fresco, secco. Cf. fresco (def. 1). [1835 45; < It: lit., dry fresco] * * * … Universalium
fresco — /ˈfrɛskoʊ / (say freskoh) noun (plural frescoes or frescos) 1. the art of painting on fresh lime plaster, as on a wall or ceiling, so that the pigments are absorbed (true fresco), or, less properly, on dried plaster (dry fresco). 2. a picture or… …
fresco secco — noun Etymology: Italian, dry fresco : secco … Useful english dictionary
Fresco — (plural either frescos or frescoes ) is any of several related painting types, done on plaster on walls or ceilings. The word fresco comes from the Italian word affresco which derives from the adjective fresco ( fresh ), which has Latin origins.… … Wikipedia
Fresco-secco — (or a secco) is a fresco painting technique in which watercolors are applied to dry plaster that has been moistened to simulate fresh plaster. In true fresco (buon fresco), the plaster is still fresh and has not dried when the watercolors are… … Wikipedia
FRESCO — the art of painting on walls freshly laid with plaster, or which have been damped so as to permit of the colour sinking into the lime; there were two methods, the fresco secco and the fresco buon; in the first the wall was sprinkled with water … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
fresco — n. water colour painting on wet plaster; v.t. paint in fresco. ♦ fresco secco, such painting on dry plaster … Dictionary of difficult words
Finto fresco — A finto fresco (It. false fresh ) is a painting in which paints are applied to a dry plaster wall. This contrasts to buon fresco painting, in which paints are applied to wet plaster … Wikipedia
