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Van Gogh's technique in "The Starry Night"
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impasto
Alternative clues for the word impasto
- Neo-expressionism technique
- Paint applied thickly
- Painting that applies the pigment thickly so that brush or palette knife marks are visible
- Terror regarding painting technique
- What batsman off the mark might say is an art form
- Technique involving thickly applied paint
- Thickly applied paint
- Spot aim that's developed in painting technique
Word definitions for impasto in dictionaries
Wikipedia
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, ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
laying on of colors thickly," 1784, from Italian impasto , noun of action from impastare "to raise paste; to put in paste," from assimilated form of in- "into, in" (see in- (2)) + pasta "paste" (see pasta ).
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.