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 secco — noun Etymology: Italian, dry 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 — fré·sco agg., s.m. I. agg. FO I 1a. di qcs., che è moderatamente freddo e dà una gradevole sensazione di refrigerio: brezza, aria fresca, una bibita fresca Sinonimi: rinfrescante. Contrari: tiepido. I 1b. di luogo, ambiente e sim., in cui la… … Dizionario italiano
fresco — 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,… … Useful english dictionary
fresco, pintura al — Método de pintura mural en el que se incorporan pigmentos a base de agua sobre el yeso de cal mojado recién aplicado sobre el muro. Los colores que se obtienen del polvo seco al ser mezclados con agua, penetran la superficie y se convierten en… … Enciclopedia Universal
fresco — frescoer, frescoist, n. /fres koh/, n., pl. frescoes, frescos, v., frescoed, frescoing. n. 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 … Universalium
secco — I. /ˈsɛkoʊ/ (say sekoh) adjective 1. Music unaccompanied: recitativo secco. 2. Painting executed on dry plaster: fresco secco. {Italian: dry} II. /ˈsɛkoʊ/ (say sekoh) noun → secko …
Fresco — 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 … Dictionary of Renaissance art
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
