Look up: gesso

1. Gesso
   Gesso is a composition of whiting and glue - sometimes plaster of Paris and glue or size - used for the execution of relief work on woodwork and plaster. Gesso can be modelled when wet and carved when dry.
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2. gesso
   Base coat that contains gypsum (plaster).
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3. Gesso
   An under-painting medium consisting of glue, plaster of Paris, or chalk and water. Gesso is used to size the canvas and prepare the surface for painting. Red Rag Scottish Artist Jock MacInnes paintings are undretaken on Gesso boards.
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4. gesso
   In painting and gilding, an absorbent white ground made of a mixture of plaster and size (a gluey mixture). Gesso was used as a preparatory base for panels and canvases,...
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5. Gesso
   a gypsum compound, or a mixture of chalk and size, which provides a smooth white, absorbent surface, much used in early 19th century for adding ornament to woodwork.
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6. Gesso
   The prepared ground of plaster and size for painting.
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7. gesso
   A form of plaster which can be carved and gilded or painted for use as a decorating medium on furniture. Gesso (pronounced jesso) is a dense mix of powdered chalk and size which hardens on drying. It is built up in layers onto a surface or over a wire framework, or cast into a mould. The material was often used in place of wood for detailed relief …
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8. Gesso
   Ges'so noun [ Italian , chalk, plaster.] 1. Plaster of Paris, or gypsum, esp. as prepared for use in painting, or in making bas-reliefs and the like; by extension, a plasterlike or pasty material spread upon a surface to fit it for painting o...
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9. Gesso
   • (n.) Plaster of Paris, or gypsum, esp. as prepared for use in painting, or in making bas-reliefs and the like; by extension, a plasterlike or pasty material spread upon a surface to fit it for painting or gilding, or a surface so prepared. • (n.) A work of art done in gesso.
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10. gesso
    (Italian: `gypsum,` or `chalk`), fluid, white coating composed of plaster of paris, chalk, gypsum, or other whiting mixed with glue, applied to ... [3 related articles]
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11. Gesso
    A painted or gilded bas-relief plaster decoration.
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12. Gesso
    Ground plaster, chalk or marble mixed with glue or acrylic medium, generally white. It provides an absorbent ground for oil, acrylic, and tempera painting
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13. Gesso
    Ground plaster, chalk or marble mixed with glue or acrylic medium, generally white. It provides an absorbent ground for oil, acrylic, and tempera painting.
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14. Gesso
    Ground plaster, chalk or marble mixed with glue or acrylic medium, generally white. It provides an absorbent ground for oil, acrylic, and tempera painting.
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15. gesso
    Plaster of Paris or gypsum prepared for use in painting or sculpture.
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16. GESSO
    A white ground material for preparing rigid supports for painting. made of a mixture of chalk, white pigment, and glue. Same name applied to acrylic bound chalk and pigment used on flexible supports as well as rigid.
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17. gesso
    A form of plaster which can be carved and gilded or painted for use as a decorating medium on furniture. Gesso (pronounced jesso) is a dense mix of powdered chalk and size which hardens on drying. It is built up in layers onto a surface or over a wire framework, or cast into a mould. The material wa...
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18. Gesso
    From the Italian for gypsum or plaster. This is used in the making of grounds for painting. The traditional gesso is made from a combination of hide glue and whiting, sometimes with pigment added. It makes a smooth, hard non-yellowing surface that is very absorbent. This ground is only for rigid sup...
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19. GESSO
    A white ground material for preparing rigid supports for painting. made of a mixture of chalk, white pigment, and glue. Same name applied to acrylic bound chalk and pigment used on flexible supports as well as rigid.
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20. gesso
    A mixture of glue and either chalk or plaster of Paris applied as a ground or coating to surfaces in order to give them the correct properties to receive paint. Gesso can also be built up or molded into relief designs, or carved.
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21. GESSO
    A white ground material for preparing rigid supports for painting. made of a mixture of chalk, white pigment, and glue. Same name applied to acrylic bound chalk and pigment used on flexible supports as well as rigid.
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22. Gesso
    , dating the 11th dynasty, circa 2009-1998 B.C. Painted and gessoed wood, originally from Thebes. `Gesso` (ˈdʒɛsːo--> "chalk," from the Latin gypsum, from the Greek γύψος) is a white paint mixture consisting of a binder mixed with chalk, gypsum, ...
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