secco
adj 2noun 2
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2VERB + SECCO
painting
PREP.
in, on
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adj
1
dry
Secco painting, or painting in secco, is painting on dry plaster, as distinguished from fresco painting, on wet or fresh plaster.
2
dry – sparse accompaniment, staccato, without resonance
noun
1
A work painted on dry plaster, as distinguished from a fresco.
The Roman frescoes are generally robust, but the Chinese and Egyptian seccos are inherently weak […]
noun
1
Section commander, an infantry soldier responsible for about 8 other soldiers.
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Secco painting, or painting in secco, is painting on dry plaster, as distinguished from fresco painting, on wet or fresh plaster.
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The Roman frescoes are generally robust, but the Chinese and Egyptian seccos are inherently weak […]
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