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Tertiary term

fresco

URI

https://nomenclature.info/nom/15104 (opens semantic view)

Definition

Painting made by the technique of fresco painting, which is a mural painting technique in which permanent pigments, dispersed in water, are painted on freshly laid lime plaster.

Definition source(s)

• Avery Library. 1963. Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals. Boston, MA: G.K. Hall.
• Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. n.d. “Conservation and Art Material Encyclopedia Online - CAMEO.” Accessed October 31, 2006. http://www.mfa.org/cameo.
• The J. Paul Getty Trust, and Getty Research Institute. n.d. “Art & Architecture Thesaurus Online.” Accessed January 12, 2022. http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabularies/aat/.

English

Term (International)

fresco

Alternative term(s)

mezzo fresco; secco fresco

French

Term (International)

fresque

Term gender (International)

feminine

Alternative term(s)

peinture à fresque

Spanish

Term

frescos

External term source

Art & Architecture Thesaurus Online

Date created

2021-12-01

Date updated

2022-05-04

Bibliographic citation(s)

• Office québécois de la langue française. n.d. “fresque.” Grand dictionnaire terminologique. Accessed February 16, 2022. https://gdt.oqlf.gouv.qc.ca/ficheOqlf.aspx?Id_Fiche=8359252.
• The J. Paul Getty Trust. n.d. “frescoes (paintings).” Art and Architecture Thesaurus Online. Accessed May 4, 2022. http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300177433.
• Wikidata. n.d. “fresco / fresque.” Wikidata. Accessed February 16, 2022. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22669139.

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