Meaning of pastiglia | Babel Free

Definitions

Low relief decoration, normally modelled in gesso or white lead, applied to build up a surface that may then be gilded or painted, or left plain.

uncountable

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“But it was the white-lead pastiglia box that was closest to the cassone in both form⟳ and decoration.”

“Sassetta was his example, but Berenson actually missed the only element in that artist’s oeuvre that can lay⟳ claim⟳ to Asian influence⟳: the pastiglia in the frame of the San Sepolcro altarpiece, in which the pattern of intertwined morning glories with the buds and leaves seen from different points of view⟳ is Chinese in origin (Fig. 4).”

“The set⟳ of prints also influenced manuscript and book illustrations, including borders of books of hours and frontispieces; also majolica dishes, such as two large dishes by Jacopo de Cafaggiolo, one of them dated 1514; Renaissance enamels; white lead⟳ pastiglia caskets; and bronze plaquettes.”

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