About The Word Fresco
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Fresco
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What's The Definition Of Fresco?
[n] a durable method of painting on a wall by using watercolors on wet plaster
[n] a mural done with watercolors on wet plaster [v] paint onto wet plaster on a wall Synonyms | Synonyms for Fresco: Related Terms | Find terms related to Fresco: abstract | abstraction | altarpiece | apply paint | bedaub | bedizen | begild | besmear | block print | brush on paint | calcimine | calcimining | coat | coating | collage | color | color print | complexion | copy | cover | covering | cyclorama | dab | daub | deep-dye | dip | diptych | distemper | double-dye | dye | emblazon | enamel | enameling | engild | engraving | face | fast-dye | gild | gilding | glaze | glazing | gloss | glossing | grain | hue | icon | illuminate | illumination | illustration | image | imbue | ingrain | japan | japanning | lacquer | lay on color | likeness | miniature | montage | mosaic | mural | paint | painting | panorama | parget | photograph | picture | pigment | prime | priming | print | representation | reproduction | shade | shadow | shellac | shellacking | slop on paint | smear | stain | stained glass window | staining | stencil | still life | stipple | stippling | tableau | tapestry | tinct | tincture | tinge | tint | tone | triptych | undercoat | undercoating | varnish | varnishing | wall painting | wash | whitewash | whitewashing See Also | mural | paint | painting | wall painting Fresco In Webster's Dictionary \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 .
\Fres"co\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Frescoed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Frescoing}.] To paint in fresco, as walls. |
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