Look up: impasto

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   impasto
   [n] - painting that applies the pigment thickly so that brush or palette knife marks are visible
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   Impasto
   The thick textured build up on the surface of a painting which is produced by an Artist when repeated application of paint is applied.
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   impasto
   In painting, surface texture achieved by a combination of thickly applied paint (usually oil) and bold work with a brush or palette knife. Van Gogh was a master of impasto. ...
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   Impasto
   An area of thick paint, or texture, in a painting. First noticeable in Venetian Renaissance painters Titian and Tintoretto, then in Baroque painting, for example Rubens. Increasingly notable in nineteenth-century landscape, Naturalist and Romantic painting. Use of impasto became more or less compulsory in modern art as the view took hold that the s ...
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   Impasto
   1 White or coloured liquid clay slip applied thickly to a ceramic body and then worked so that it is slightly raised from the body before glazing. 2 The term also applies to the thickness of paint in oil painting.
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   Impasto
   Im·pas'to noun [ Italian See Impaste .] (Paint.) The thickness of the layer or body of pigment applied by the painter to his canvas with especial reference to the juxtaposition of different colors and tints in forming a harmonious whole. Fairholt.
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   impasto
   noun painting that applies the pigment thickly so that brush or palette knife marks are visible
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   Impasto
   In English, the borrowed Italian word `impasto` most commonly refers to a technique used in painting, where paint is laid on an area of the surface (or the entire canvas) very thickly, usually thickly enough that the brush or painting-knife strokes are visible. Paint can also be mixed right on the canvas. When dry, impasto provides texture, the paint coming `out` of the canvas. The word `impasto` is Italian in origin; in that language it means ...
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   Impasto
   • (n.) The thickness of the layer or body of pigment applied by the painter to his canvas with especial reference to the juxtaposition of different colors and tints in forming a harmonious whole.
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    impasto
    paint that is applied to a canvas or panel in quantities that make it stand out from the surface. Impasto was used frequently to mimic the ... [1 related articles]
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    Impasto
    A painting technique where the material is applied in thick layers to wooden panels or canvas. This method creates a textured effect.
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    Impasto
    Thickly applied oil or acrylic paint that leaves dimensional texture through brushstrokes or palette knife marks
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    Impasto
    Paint applied in outstanding heavy layers or strokes; also, any thickness or roughness of paint or deep brush marks, as distinguished from a flat, smooth surface.
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    impasto
    impasto (impăs'tō, –pä'stō) , thickly applied paint that projects from the picture surface. Such works as Childe Hassam's Allies Day (1917; National Gall. of Art, Washington, D.C.) and Hans Hoffman's abstraction In Upper Regions (1963; David N. Marks Coll.) explo...
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