Definition of Fresco

1. Noun. A mural done with watercolors on wet plaster.

Generic synonyms: Mural, Wall Painting

2. Verb. Paint onto wet plaster on a wall.
Category relationships: Art, Artistic Creation, Artistic Production
Generic synonyms: Paint

3. Noun. A durable method of painting on a wall by using watercolors on wet plaster.
Generic synonyms: Painting

Definition of Fresco

1. n. A cool, refreshing state of the air; duskiness; coolness; shade.

2. v. t. To paint in fresco, as walls.

Definition of Fresco

1. Noun. In painting, the technique of applying water-based pigment to wet or fresh lime mortar or plaster. ¹

2. Noun. A painting made using this technique. ¹

3. Verb. To paint using fresco ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Fresco

1. to paint on a surface of plaster [v -ED, -ING, -ES or -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fresco

frequentest
frequential
frequenting
frequentist
frequentistic
frequentists
frequently
frequently asked questions
frequentness
frequentnesses
frequents
frere
freres
frescade
frescades
fresco (current term)
frescoed
frescoer
frescoers
frescoes
frescoing
frescoist
frescoists
frescolike
frescos
fresh(a)
fresh-cut
fresh-faced
fresh-water

Literary usage of Fresco

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"Other processes of painting on plaster have been invented to avoid the inconveniences of the wet or fresco method. One is the "fresco- ..."

2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General (1890)
"He was employed to finish Masaccio's fresco in the Brancacci Chapel, representing the Raising of the King's Son, and he showed himself to be in every ..."

3. Catalogue by Bernard Quaritch (Firm) (1894)
"15s 1875 " THE DEPOSITION FROM THE CROSS," from the fresco by ... 5* 1879 "TuE RESURRECTION OF CHRIST," from the fresco by PIERO DELLA FBAN- ..."

4. The Arts in the Middle Ages, and at the Period of the Renaissance by P. L. Jacob, James Dafforne (1870)
"The Nature of fresco.—Employed by the Ancients.—Paintings at Pompeii.—Greek and Roman • Schools.—Mural Paintings destroyed by the Iconoclasts and Barbarians ..."

5. The Graphic Arts: A Treatise on the Varieties of Drawing, Painting, and by Philip Gilbert Hamerton (1891)
"fresco AND ITS SUBSTITUTES. fresco is simply the art of painting on fresh plaster, ... In pure fresco they are not mixed with any kind of gum, ..."

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