Antonyms for fresco

Grammar : Verb

Spell : fres-koh

Phonetic Transcription : ˈfrɛs koʊ

Definition of fresco

Origin : 1590s, in fresco, literally "in fresh," with a sense of "painted on fresh mortar or plaster," from Italian fresco "cool, fresh," from Proto-Germanic *friskaz (see fresh (adj.1)).

As in paint : verb apply colored tint, often to make design
As in color : verb make pigmented; shade

Example sentences :

There, just study that fresco, Moses and the daughters of Jethro.
Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola

Surely the world shall know you the first of painters in fresco!
Extract from : « Poems » by William D. Howells

In order to see the fresco, I had to get on the top of a loom.
Extract from : « Modern Painters Volume II (of V) » by John Ruskin

That picture he eventually transferred to his fresco, and there—O bitter irony!
Extract from : « The Strolling Saint » by Raphael Sabatini

It was painted on the wall, like a fresco; and how to remove it was the difficulty.
Extract from : « Notes and Queries, Number 182, April 23, 1853 » by Various

With one he went to Siena to assist him in some fresco painting he had to do there.
Extract from : « Great Artists, Vol 1. » by Jennie Ellis Keysor

In admixture it may safely be employed, as well as in fresco or enamel.
Extract from : « Field's Chromatography » by George Field

Being uninjured by lime, the colour is eligible in fresco and crayons.
Extract from : « Field's Chromatography » by George Field

Behind it, on the rounded wall, are faint traces of carving and of fresco.
Extract from : « The Story of Rouen » by Sir Theodore Andrea Cook

The fresco by Giotto is much, but the vault it adorns was planned first.
Extract from : « Ariadne Florentina » by John Ruskin

Synonyms for fresco

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