Fresco ['frɛskəʊ] (frescoes or frescos) a painting done rapidly in watercolour on wet plaster on a wall or ceiling, so that the colours penetrate the plaster and become fixed as it dries . This method of painting was used in Roman times and by the great masters of the Italian Renaissance including Giotto, Raphael, and Michelangelo.
Origin: late 16th cent.: Italian, literally ‘cool, fresh’. The word was first recorded in English in the phrase in fresco, representing Italian affresco, al fresco ‘on the fresh (plaster)’
Oxford Dictionary of English, 2005
Though frescoes are more frequently seen on the walls of churches and cathedrals inside , walking along the streets of Florence you may admire of wonderful examples of this technique outside as well.
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