secco

American  

[sek-oh, sek-kaw] / ˈsɛk oʊ, ˈsɛk kɔ /

noun

1. fresco secco.

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adjective

1. (of notes or passages in a musical score) played and released abruptly and without resonance.

secco British  

/ ˈsɛkəʊ /

noun

1. wall painting done on dried plaster with tempera or pigments ground in limewater Compare fresco

2. any wall painting other than true fresco

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Etymology

Origin of secco

1850–55; < Italian: dry; see sack ³

Example Sentences

In terms of lost art, nothing has received quite the press of Leonardo’s unfinished fresco secco.

From The Guardian • May 18, 2018

True fresco did not include the use of glue sizing and dark washes a secco.

From Time Magazine Archive

But it had been applied secco; now, after 400 years, its adhesion is fragile, and the crystals in some areas have been irreparably bleached to a dull gray by cleaning.

From Time Magazine Archive

The fear that the cleaning has taken off any of Michelangelo's a secco passages seems unfounded.

From Time Magazine Archive

E digli: son rimasta senza damo, Come l'albero secco senza il ramo.

From Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa With Sixteen Illustrations In Colour By William Parkinson And Sixteen Other Illustrations, Second Edition by Hutton, Edward