fresco
31fresco — fres|co [ freskou ] (plural fres|coes or fres|cos) noun count a picture that is painted onto wet PLASTER on a wall, for example in a church => FRESCO al fresco outside: dining al fresco …
32fresco — /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… …
33Fresco — A painting technique devised during antiquity to decorate the walls or ceilings of private and public buildings. It entails coating the pictorial surface with a layer of coarse lime plaster (arriccio) on which the intended scene is drawn using …
34FRESCO — 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 …
35fresco — n. to paint a fresco * * * [ freskəʊ] to paint a fresco …
36Fresco — A technique of painting on damp, fresh lime plaster, which, when dried, bonds the pigments with the wall. Decoration on church walls and ceilings was done either in fresco or mosaic (q.v.), the fresco technique being considerably less… …
37fresco — [ frɛskəʊ] noun (plural frescoes or frescos) a type of painting done in watercolour on wet plaster on a wall or ceiling, in which the colours penetrate the plaster and become fixed as it dries. Derivatives frescoed adjective Origin C16: Ital.,… …
38fresco — UK [ˈfreskəʊ] / US [ˈfreskoʊ] noun [countable] Word forms fresco : singular fresco plural frescoes or frescos art a picture that is painted onto wet plaster on a wall, for example in a church • See: alfresco II …
39fresco — n. water colour painting on wet plaster; v.t. paint in fresco. ♦ fresco secco, such painting on dry plaster …
40fresco — n. (pl. os or oes) 1 a painting done in water colour on a wall or ceiling while the plaster is still wet. 2 this method of painting (esp. in fresco). Phrases and idioms: fresco secco = SECCO. Derivatives: frescoed adj. Etymology: It., = cool,… …
