fresco
Wet plaster art
Fresco is a technique of painting on freshly applied wet plaster, so that the pigments bond with the wall as it dries.
The word comes from Italian for "fresh." Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling is the most famous example.
By extension, fresco refers to any painting made this way: The church contains several Renaissance frescos.
Plural: frescos or frescoes.
First plaster layer
- giornataItalian word for day
- limeAcidic green citrus
- plasterWall-coating paste
- pigmentColor-imparting material
wet · wall · painting · cartoon · mezzo · true · watercolor · binder
Volcano-buried Roman city
- MinoanAncient Cretan civilization
- HerculaneumRoman town buried by eruption
- RomanOf ancient Italy's capital
- EtruscanAncient central Italian people
Knossos · villa · Egyptian · tomb · Byzantine · Teotihuacan · Mycenaean · burial
Florentine sculptor and painter
- Sistine ChapelVatican worship hall
- RaphaelRenaissance painter from Urbino
- GiottoTrecento Florentine painter
- Last SupperFarewell Passover gathering
School of Athens · Last Judgment · Botticelli · Vasari · Florence · Vatican · quattrocento · humanism
Vertical enclosing structure
- paintingPigment on canvas
- sceneDramatic unit or locale
- depictionRepresentation in art
- panoramaUnobstructed wide-angle view
ceiling · composition · figurative · landscape · narrative · imagery · perspective · monumental
Religious art behind altar
- iconographyAnalysis of artistic symbols
- biblicalOf sacred texts
- chapelSmall worship room
- naveChurch's main interior
apse · saints · Madonna · Annunciation · Last Judgment · cathedral · monastery · devotional
arriccio
First plaster layer
pigment · wet · wall · painting · cartoon · mezzo · true · watercolor · binder · mortar
Pompeii
Volcano-buried Roman city
- MinoanAncient Cretan civilization
- HerculaneumRoman town buried by eruption
- RomanOf ancient Italy's capital
Etruscan · Knossos · villa · Egyptian · tomb · Byzantine · Teotihuacan · Mycenaean · burial
Michelangelo
Florentine sculptor and painter
- Sistine ChapelVatican worship hall
- RaphaelRenaissance painter from Urbino
- GiottoTrecento Florentine painter
Last Supper · School of Athens · Last Judgment · Botticelli · Vasari · Florence · Vatican · quattrocento · humanism · patronage
wall
Vertical enclosing structure
panorama · ceiling · composition · figurative · landscape · narrative · imagery · perspective · monumental · architectural
altarpiece
Religious art behind altar
- iconographyAnalysis of artistic symbols
- biblicalOf sacred texts
- chapelSmall worship room
nave · apse · saints · Madonna · Annunciation · Last Judgment · cathedral · monastery · devotional · aureole
outdoors
In open air
- open-airWithout roof or walls
- breezyMildly windy, or nonchalant
- refreshingPleasingly restorative
dining · patio · terrace · garden · evening · pleasant · atmosphere · café · courtyard
- muralsmural, muralists, mural painting, wall paintings, painted murals
- Baroque ArtRembrandt, Caravaggio, Vermeer, Rubens, Velazquez
- coatingspaint, enamel, varnish, primer, glaze
- Italian BaroqueBernini, Caravaggio, baroque architecture, chiaroscuro, St. Peters Basilica
- medieval arttapestry, ivory carvings, Book of Kells, Lindisfarne Gospels, parchment
- Renaissance ArchitectureBrunelleschi, Michelangelo, dome, cupola, loggia
frescocanvas painting
Art on stretched fabric
oil on canvas · easel painting · canvas work · scroll painting · miniature painting
frescooil painting
Art made with linseed-bound pigments
tempera · encaustic · watercolor · gouache
- fresh startOpportunity to restart unburdened
- fresh breadRecently baked goods
- fresh waterNonsaline H2O
- breath of fresh airWelcome departure from monotony
- fresh flowersNewly harvested blooms
- fresh foodUnpreserved edibles