0 a type of plaster used for covering walls and ceilings, especially one that can be formed into decorative patterns --
1 a material that is soft and wet when it is spread on a surface and is hard when it dries, used esp. for covering walls --
The fill above the burial contained loose rubble and fragments of the stucco facade from the front of the building.
The deft technique of applying intellectual stucco maintains a smooth pace, drawing the reader along to know how the story will unfold.
With the stucco-workers we find similar factors, but the size of the group was smaller in accordance with the smaller demand for stucco-workers.
These surfaces, in paint stucco or mosaic, created rhythmic sequences of transformational creatures, often half-formed and halfdeformed at the same time.
The ephemeral quality of painted stucco exposed to the elements has resulted in the loss of detail on sculptures and architectural decorations.
The later architecture involves decorative programs using primarily modeled and painted stucco.
These radial structures sometimes displayed stucco reliefs ("masks") with astrological-cosmological themes.
The replicas were formed on a base of perishable material, perhaps stucco and / or wood, that represented the bony par ts of the maxilla.
