Secco
secco (dry-plaster wall painting)
noun SEK-oh Rare
Origin: from Italian 'secco' (dry)
Usage Note
Secco is a wall-painting method in which paint is applied to dry plaster, unlike buon fresco. It allows more working time and detail but is less durable; much medieval wall painting is secco or a mixture of both techniques.
Examples
"Viele Fresken wurden nachträglich mit Secco-Partien ergänzt."
Natural Translation
Many frescoes were later supplemented with secco sections.
Literal Translation
Many frescoes were subsequently supplemented with secco-parts.
Related Words
- Abguss cast, casting (plaster or metal replica of a sculpture)
- Abstraktion abstraction (non-representational art)
- Acrylfarbe acrylic paint
- Akanthus acanthus (decorative leaf motif)
- Akt nude
- Aktmalerei nude painting; figure painting
- Aktmodell life model; nude model (for drawing or painting)
- Aktzeichnung life drawing, figure drawing (of the nude)
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