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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 2025
impasto
impasto
See also: impastò
English
Noun
impasto (plural impastos)
Still Life: Vase with Pink Roses is an oil painting on canvas completed by Vincent van Gogh in 1890, which makes extensive use of the impasto technique.
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