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fres·co

(frĕs′kō)

n. pl. fres·coes or fres·cos

1. The art of painting on fresh, moist plaster with pigments dissolved in water.

2. A painting executed in this way.

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

(ˈfrɛskəʊ)

n, pl -coes or -cos

1. (Art Terms) a very durable method of wall-painting using watercolours on wet plaster or, less properly, dry plaster (fresco secco), with a less durable result

2. (Art Terms) a painting done in this way

[C16: from Italian: fresh plaster, coolness, from fresco (adj) fresh, cool, of Germanic origin]

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fres•co

(ˈfrɛs koʊ)

n., pl. -coes, -cos,
n.

1. the art or technique of painting on a moist plaster surface with colors ground up in water or a limewater mixture.

2. a picture or design so painted.

v.t.

3. to paint in fresco.

[1590–1600; < Italian: cool, fresh (< Germanic)]

fresco

The technique of painting on moist lime plaster with colors ground in water or a limewater mixture. The paint and plaster bond chemically to become permanent.

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Noun	1.	fresco - a mural done with watercolors on wet plaster mural, wall painting - a painting that is applied to a wall surface
	2.	fresco - a durable method of painting on a wall by using watercolors on wet plaster painting - creating a picture with paints; "he studied painting and sculpture for many years"
Verb	1.	fresco - paint onto wet plaster on a wall artistic creation, artistic production, art - the creation of beautiful or significant things; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he said that architecture is the art of wasting space beautifully" paint - make a painting; "he painted all day in the garden"; "He painted a painting of the garden"

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[ˈfreskəʊ] N (frescoes or frescos (pl)) → fresco m

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fresco

(ˈfreskəu) – plural ˈfresco(e)s – noun

a picture painted on a wall while the plaster is still wet. fresco

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Presently the hide-and-seek frolicking began, and Tom and Becky engaged in it with zeal until the exertion began to grow a trifle wearisome; then they wandered down a sinuous avenue holding their candles aloft and reading the tangled web-work of names, dates, post-office addresses, and mottoes with which the rocky walls had been frescoed (in candle-smoke).

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Half a dozen chairs had been carelessly pushed back, there were empty champagne bottles upon the sideboard, the air was faintly odorous of tobacco smoke - blue wreaths were still curling upwards towards the frescoed ceiling.

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In her opinion, the intense interaction between the Levantine region and the Aegean, which is the only way to explain the transfer of the technological knowledge necessary for fresco production, must have taken place already in the Middle Bronze Age (when the first frescoed wall paintings appear at Alalakh).

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Summary: A smirking horned devil exists in the frescoed clouds of a Giotto work in the famed Assisi basilica, an Italian art historian said Tuesday -- a tantalizing detail that apparently went unnoticed by scholars for centuries.

Devil found hidden in Giotto's Assisi fresco

For those who still have not walked through the six frescoed rooms of the Cataio, the spectacular photographs by Mauro Magliani displayed in this book will suffice.

Irma B. Jaffe with Gernando Colombardo. Zelotti's Epic Frescoes at Cataio: The Obizzi Saga

The ceramics' handmade touch is achieved by using slightly irregular soft shapes and layering colors to yield a frescoed effect.