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impasto

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im=pas=to

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun impasto has 1 sense

impasto(n = noun.act) - painting that applies the pigment thickly so that brush or palette knife marks are visible;

is a kind of

painting

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CIDE DICTIONARY

impasto, n. [It. See Impaste.].

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. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

impasto, n. Art 1 the process of laying on paint thickly.
2 this technique of painting.

Etymology

It. impastare (as IN-(2), pastare paste)

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