Plural of fresco; multiple paintings created by applying pigments directly onto wet plaster on walls or ceilings.
From Italian fresco (cool, fresh, fresh plaster), plural frescos or freschi. The technique originated in the Mediterranean and became synonymous with Italian Renaissance art.
Ancient Pompeii preserves thousands of frescoes from buried Roman homes that show everyday life frozen in time—they're so detailed that you can see jokes written on walls and even political graffiti from 2,000 years ago.
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