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Webster 1913 Edition
Impasto
Im-pas′to
,Noun.
[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.
Definition 2024
impasto
impasto
See also: impastò
English
Noun
impasto (plural impastos)
Derived terms
Translations
the use of a thick-bodied paint to create sizable peaks and crests in an image
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- For usage examples of this term, see Citations:impasto.
Verb
impasto (third-person singular simple present impastoes, present participle impastoing, simple past and past participle impastoed)
- (painting) to paint in thick-bodied paint; to paint in impasto style
- 1991, Joyce Nakamura, Contemporary Authors Autobiographical Series, Volume 14
- "She looked tall to me, and slim, with delicate Semitic features, and a full mouth that she impastoed with red lipstick to play against her […] "
- 1991, Joyce Nakamura, Contemporary Authors Autobiographical Series, Volume 14