impasto

Definitions

The use of a thick-bodied paint to create peaks and crests that physically extend from the surface of a painting.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“He was thinking, ʽGot to get⟳ a subject where a man can weight the impasto in light⟳. Paint⟳ thin against light⟳. Got to remember⟳ that.ʼ”

“[…]all got scumbled together, eventually, by the knives of the seasons, to an impasto, feet thick, of unbelievable black topsoil in which anything could grow⟳, not the least being bananas.”

“These dully schematic yet sentimental misfortunes surround⟳ Van Gogh's “Sower”. He ploughs on, figure⟳ accentuated in deep impasto, across a field cast⟳ in blue shadow, chrome yellow corn merging with the sun.”

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