
Paintings done on walls using water-based pigments that are added to plaster and applied over a freshly spread plaster. The earliest frescoes are Minoan (1600 B.C.). Photo from Pisa, Italy, 2018. (Ontario Architecture, 2005)
Synonyms:
buon fresco

Paintings done on walls using water-based pigments that are added to plaster and applied over a freshly spread plaster. The earliest frescoes are Minoan (1600 B.C.). Photo from Pisa, Italy, 2018. (Ontario Architecture, 2005)