Plural of arriccio using English pluralization; multiple textured plaster base layers in fresco work.
From Italian 'arriccio' + English plural '-s.' Contemporary conservation texts often use this Anglicized plural when discussing multiple plaster layers in technical writing.
Digital imaging of fresco walls reveals that artists sometimes changed their composition plans mid-work—comparing the drawing marks under different arriccios shows Raphael sketching, erasing, and resketching before committing to his final designs.
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