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impasto
Alternative clues for the word impasto
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- Heavy-brushstroke technique seen in many van Gogh paintings
Word definitions for impasto in dictionaries
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
Impasto is a technique used in painting , where paint is laid on an area of the surface very thickly, usually thick 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 Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Impasto \Im*pas"to\, n. [It. 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.
Usage examples of impasto.
The seething color field in which the street was painted, the impasto from which his features had been carved, and of course that detail Ted had been so proud to point out to Harry in the gallery: the foot, the heel, the snake writhing as it was trodden lifeless.
Behind it, Johnnie Bulb appeared, a shadow, a monochrome, a flat and coloured impasto, and finally the vivid man, standing beside the furnace.
No impasto here: "long" paint, everything put there more than real could ever be.
Above them, the sky was deepening, color impastoed onto the undersides of clouds as the sun swung lower in the sky.