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; 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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Time Magazine Archive

Spectrophotometry images showed restorers where Michelangelo had used the secco technique -- adding color after the plaster had dried -- which requires more care in cleaning.

From Time Magazine Archive

E digli: son rimasta senza nimo Come l'albero secco senza 'l cimo.

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