Meaning of FRESCO
| Pronunciation: | | 'freskow
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- [n] a durable method of painting on a wall by using watercolors on wet plaster
- [n] a mural done with watercolors on wet plaster
- [v] paint onto wet plaster on a wall
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| | See Also: | | mural, paint, painting, wall painting | |
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| | Definition: | | Fresco
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Fres"co\, n.; pl. {Frescoes} or {Frescos}. [It., fr.
fresco fresh; of German origin. See {Fresh}, a.]
1. A cool, refreshing state of the air; duskiness; coolness;
shade. [R.] --Prior.
2. (Fine Arts)
(a) The art of painting on freshly spread plaster, before
it dries.
(b) In modern parlance, incorrectly applied to painting on
plaster in any manner.
(c) A painting on plaster in either of senses
a and
b .
\Fres"co\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Frescoed}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Frescoing}.]
To paint in fresco, as walls.
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| | Definition: | | 1. An object-oriented API for graphical user interfaces, under development by the X Consortium as an open, multi-vendor standard. 2. An object-oriented specification language. ["Refinement in Fresco", in Object Oriented Specification Case Studies, K. Lano et al eds, P-H 1993]. |
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| | Related Terms: | | abstract, abstraction, altarpiece, apply paint, bedaub, bedizen, begild, besmear, block print, brush on paint, calcimine, calcimining, coat, coating, collage, color, color print, complexion, copy, cover, covering, cyclorama, dab, daub, deep-dye, dip, diptych, distemper, double-dye, dye, emblazon, enamel, enameling, engild, engraving, face, fast-dye, gild, gilding, glaze, glazing, gloss, glossing, grain, hue, icon, illuminate, illumination, illustration, image, imbue, ingrain, japan, japanning, lacquer, lay on color, likeness, miniature, montage, mosaic, mural, paint, painting, panorama, parget, photograph, picture, pigment, prime, priming, print, representation, reproduction, shade, shadow, shellac, shellacking, slop on paint, smear, stain, stained glass window, staining, stencil, still life, stipple, stippling, tableau, tapestry, tinct, tincture, tinge, tint, tone, triptych, undercoat, undercoating, varnish, varnishing, wall painting, wash, whitewash, whitewashing |
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