fresco - Definition from the PAINTING AND DRAWING topic - ARTS

Topic: PAINTING AND DRAWING

Date:	1500-1600
Language:	Italian
Origin:	'fresh'

fresco
noun

fres‧co

See pronunciation table in "How to use dictionary" pages

plural frescoes or frescos [countable]

AVP a painting made on a wall while the plaster is still wet [↪ mural]

Definition of fresco from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English within
the topic PAINTING AND DRAWING

Explore PAINTING AND DRAWING Topic

abstract acrylic brush canvas collage drawing easel etching execute execution figure fix frame freehand fresco gallery glaze gouache hatching highlight hue icon illustration illustrator impressionism impressionist lettering life lithography miniature mural oil painting painter painting palette panel pastel(n) pastel(a) pencil perspective pigment portrait portraiture primitive seascape self-portrait shade(n) shade(v) shading show sit sitting sketch(n) sketch(v) stencil(n) stencil(v) still life subject surrealism tempera trace triptych view watercolour

Show all entries from Topic: PAINTING AND DRAWING

Word of the Day

The PAINTING AND DRAWING
Word of the Day is:

Other related topics

Television and Radio

Painting and Drawing