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Van Gogh's technique in "The Starry Night"
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impasto
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. In painting, the use of a thick-bodied paint to create sizable peaks and crests in an image.
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.
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 ).
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Impasto is a type of coarse Etruscan pottery. The defining characteristic is that the clay contains chips of mica or stone. In G.A. Mansuelli's, The Art of Etruria and Early Rome (1964), the term "impasto pottery" is described in the following way: "Ceramic ...
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.