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Impasto

Impasto Meaning & Definition
Impasto Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Impasto?

[n] painting that applies the pigment thickly so that brush or palette knife marks are visible

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Impasto In Webster's Dictionary

\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.

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