a durable method of painting on a wall by using watercolors on wet plaster a mural done with watercolors on wet plaster paint onto wet plaster on a wall
(Italian: Affresco) - Type of mural painting on plaster used throughout the world since early times, but especially known from its high development in Italy during the Renaissance; hence the use of Italian terms to describe the technique See also Buon fresco, Lime painting and Secco
From the Italian word for fresh, fresco is the technique of painting on wet plaster so that the pigments are absorbed by the plaster, becoming a part of the wall itself Another technique, fresco secco, involves painting on plaster that has already dried
A design painted onto plaster The first known frescoes were painted by the Egyptians in the 3rd century BC The word fresco is Italian for fresh and there are two main types - 'pure' fresco that mixes pigments with water which are then applied to wet plaster and fresco secco (dry) which is painted onto dry plaster 'Pure' frescoes are found in countries with a warmer climate, whilst secco are found in colder countries such as Scandinavia and Northern Europe Fresco work was mastered by the Italians during the Renaissance but gradually died out with the introduction of fabric wallcoverings and wallpapers
A fresco is a picture that is painted on a plastered wall when the plaster is still wet. see also alfresco. frescoes frescos a painting made on a wall while the plaster is still wet mural
The technique of painting on moist plaster with pigments ground in water so that the paint is absorbed by the plaster and becomes part of the wall itself
Technique of mural painting in which earth pigments, mixed with water, are applied to damp plaster, a chemical reaction occurs and the colors are integrated with the surface