1) Composition in visual art 2) Painting technique
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For metalworking, see Repoussé and chasing. In two-dimensional works of art, such as painting, printmaking, photography or bas-relief, repoussoir is an object along the right or left foreground that directs the viewer`s eye into the composition by bracketing (framing) the edge. It became popular with Mannerist and Baroque artists, and is found f....
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From the French verb meaning to push back. A means of achieving perspective or spacial contrasts by the use of illusionistic devices such as the placement of a large figure or object i the immediate foreground of a painting to increase the illusion of depth in the rest of the picture.
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