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

Examples

“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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