English Explanatory Dictionary

impasto

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The use of a thick-bodied paint to create peaks and crests that physically extend from the surface of a painting.
verb
  1. To paint in thick-bodied paint; to paint in impasto style.

Word forms

impasto impastos impastoes impastoing impastoed

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian impasto.

Related words

pastose

Derived words

impastoed
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