secco
Americannoun
adjective
noun
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wall painting done on dried plaster with tempera or pigments ground in limewater Compare fresco
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any wall painting other than true fresco
Etymology
Origin of secco
1850–55; < Italian: dry; see sack 3
Example Sentences
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In terms of lost art, nothing has received quite the press of Leonardo’s unfinished fresco secco.
From The Guardian ● May 18, 2018
Spectrophotometry images showed restorers where Michelangelo had used the secco technique -- adding color after the plaster had dried -- which requires more care in cleaning.
From Time Magazine Archive
True fresco did not include the use of glue sizing and dark washes a secco.
From Time Magazine Archive
Further touches may be put on a secco, on the dry plaster.
From Time Magazine Archive
Fresco painting in secco is that kind which absorbs the colours into the plaster and gives them a dry sunken appearance.—Fairholt.
From The Lives of the Painters, Sculptors & Architects, Volume 1 (of 8) by Vasari, Giorgio
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