Affresco

fres·co (fr

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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.]

fresco·er, fresco·ist n.

fresco [ˈfrɛskəʊ]

n pl -coes, -cos

1. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / 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. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) a painting done in this way

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

ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms

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"

Translations

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

fresco [ˈfrɛskəʊ] n → fresque f

fresco

n (= technique) → Freskomalerei f; (= painting) → Fresko(gemälde) nt

fresco [ˈfrɛskəʊ] n → affresco

fresco

n fresco [ˈfreskəu]

a picture painted on a wall while the plaster is still wet. fresko رَسْم جِدار مائي фрска freska fresko; kalkmaleri das Fresko νωπογραφία fresco fresko روش نقاشی فرسکو fresko fresque צִיוּר קִיר भित्तिचित्र freska freskó fresko freska, (vegg)mynd affresco フレスコ壁画 프레스코 그림 freska freska fresco fresco fresko(maleri), kalkmaleri fresk afresco frescă фреска freska freska freska fresk ภาพเขียนบนกำแพงหรือฝาผนังที่เขียนตอนปูนยังไม่แห้ง fresk 壁畫 фреска گیلے پلستر پر آبی رنگوں سے نقاشی tranh tường 壁画

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al fresco
Andrea Mantegna
Bonampak
Cavallini
cheek
chill
cool
cream cheese
crisp
Domenichino
fresh
Ghirlandaio
keep
Lippi
Mantegna
new-laid
parky
Perugino
Poicile

Inevitably, in the absence of a written record, the visual evidence must suffice, but in Gentile's case, this is complicated by the fact that, although he was steadily and successfully employed as an affresco painter, virtually all his work on walls has disappeared.

Gentile's gold by Grassi, Marco / New Criterion

Finotti stringe in un vigoroso affresco l'inesausta dialettica tra gusto antiquario e vitalismo pagano, trattando poi il genere intermedio della "favola satirica.

Fabio Finotti. Retorica della diffrazione. Bembo, Aretino, Giulio ... by Gulizia, Stefano / Italica

1) Il piu recente reperimento in questo ambito pittorico riguarda un affresco quattrocentesco di Casa Passi Preposulo, in via Porta Dipinta a Bergamo, scoperto pochi anni or sono in seguito a un restauro; si tratta d'un Trionfo della Castita.

Un'introduzione al petrarchismo cinquecentesco * by Di Benedetto, Arnaldo / Italica

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