fresco painting
Also known as frescos, frescoes, fresco
thumb|350px|The Creation of Adam, a detail of the fresco [[Sistine Chapel ceiling by Michelangelo]]
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Fresco painting is a technique where pigments are applied directly onto freshly laid, wet plaster so that the paint becomes an integral part of the wall itself as it dries. This method was favored by Renaissance masters like Michelangelo, whose famous ceiling in the Sistine Chapel demonstrates the technique's ability to create enduring, large-scale artworks of extraordinary detail and beauty.
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thumb|350px|The Creation of Adam, a detail of the fresco [[Sistine Chapel ceiling by Michelangelo]]
Fresco ( or frescoes) is a technique of mural painting executed upon freshly laid ("wet") lime plaster. Water is used as the vehicle for the dry-powder pigment to merge with the plaster, and with the setting of the plaster, the painting becomes an integral part of the wall. The word fresco () is derived from the Italian adjective fresco meaning "fresh", and may thus be contrasted with fresco-secco or secco mural painting techniques, which are applied to dried plaster, to supplement painting in fresco. The fresco technique has been employed since antiquity and is closely associated with Italian Renaissance painting.