Fresco
fresco·@khurmi·
0.000 HBDFresco
They are fresh from the coiffeur’s hand with hair frisé and curled about the head and shoulders; it is confined by a band over the fore- head and falls down the back in long separate tresses, twisted round with strings of beads and jewels. In some cases the locks above the forehead curve down in a curious way above the shoulder. The sleeves are puffed, and the constricted girdles and flounced skirts equally recall quite modern fashions. A narrow band appears across the chest, which suggests a diaphanous chemise, but the nipples of the breasts indicated beneath these- in one case the pendent breasts themselves- give a décolleté effect. The dresses are gaily colored with bands of blue, red, and yellow, showing white stripes and at times black striations indicative of reticulated and scaled designs like those of the Processional Fresco. (III: 49)