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fres·co 
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| 1. | Also called buon fresco, true fresco. the art or technique of painting on a moist, plaster surface with colors ground up in water or a limewater mixture. Compare fresco secco. |
| 2. | a picture or design so painted. |
| 3. | to paint in fresco. |
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Fresco
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n. pl. fres·coes or fres·cos
tr.v. fres·coed, fres·co·ing, fres·coes To paint in fresco. [Italian, fresh (plaster), of Germanic origin.] fres'co·er, fres'co·ist n. |
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fresco
1598, in fresco, lit. "in fresh," with a sense of "painted on fresh mortar or plaster," from It. fresco "cool, fresh," from P.Gmc. *friskaz (see fresh).
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| 1. | a mural done with watercolors on wet plaster |
| 2. | a durable method of painting on a wall by using watercolors on wet plaster |
verb | |
| 1. | paint onto wet plaster on a wall |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
fresco [ˈfreskəu] noun — plural ˈfresco(e)s
a picture painted on a wall while the plaster is still wet
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| Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary, © 2000-2006 K Dictionaries Ltd. |
fresco
A painting on wet plaster. When the plaster dries, the painting is bonded to the wall. Fresco was a popular method for painting large murals during the Renaissance. The Last Supper, by Leonardo da Vinci, is a fresco, as are the paintings by Michelangelo in the Sistine Chapel.
[Chapter:] Fine Arts
| The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
Fresco
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["Refinement in Fresco", in Object Oriented Specification Case Studies, K. Lano et al eds, P-H 1993].
(1996-04-28)
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Fresco
Fres"cade\, n. [See Fresco, Fresh, a.] A cool walk; shady place. [R.] --Maunder.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
Fresco
Fres"co\, n.; pl. Frescoes or Frescos. [It., fr. fresco fresh; of German origin. See Fresh, a.]1. A cool, refreshing state of the air; duskiness; coolness; shade. [R.] --Prior. 2. (Fine Arts) (a) The art of painting on freshly spread plaster, before it dries. (b) In modern parlance, incorrectly applied to painting on plaster in any manner. (c) A painting on plaster in either of senses a and b .| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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