Fresco
['freskəʊ] or ['frɛsko]
Definition
(noun.) a durable method of painting on a wall by using watercolors on wet plaster.
(noun.) a mural done with watercolors on wet plaster.
(verb.) paint onto wet plaster on a wall.
Typed by Ernestine--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) A cool, refreshing state of the air; duskiness; coolness; shade.
(a.) The art of painting on freshly spread plaster, before it dries.
(a.) In modern parlance, incorrectly applied to painting on plaster in any manner.
(a.) A painting on plaster in either of senses a and b.
(v. t.) To paint in fresco, as walls.
Checker: Sondra
Definition
n. a painting executed with colours consisting chiefly of natural earths upon walls covered with damp freshly-laid plaster.—v.t. to paint in fresco:—pr.p. fres′cōing; pa.p. fres′cōed.—adj. Fres′coed.—ns. Fres′coer; Fres′coing; Fres′coist.
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Examples
- Made of larger proportions, this brush has been used for fresco painting, and for painting large objects, such as buildings, which it admits of doing with great rapidity. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- How is Fresco Painting Done? Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- In producing fresco paintings, a finished drawing on paper, called a cartoon, exactly the size of the intended picture, is first made, to serve as a model. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- A portion of the picture once commenced, needs to be completely finished before leaving it, as fresco does not admit of retouching after the plaster has become dry. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Examples of Roman frescoes are found in Pompeii and other places. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Any frescoes were good when they started to peel and flake off. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- The frescoes were not bad. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Here and there, on the fronts of roadside inns, we found huge, coarse frescoes of suffering martyrs like those in the shrines. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- This was another Magdala, to a fraction, frescoes and all. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The frescoes on the walls were startlingly suited to the place. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- It contains celebrated frescos designed or painted by Raphael, which most persons think it worth while to visit. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Rome has agreed with you, I see--happiness, frescos, the antique--that sort of thing. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
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