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gesso

In painting and gilding, an absorbent white ground made of a mixture of plaster and size (a gluey mixture). Gesso was used as a preparatory base for panels and canvases, especially in tempera painting.



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The working method, too, remains constant: On a rigid support--either rectangular, square, or a geometrical form based on classical figures such as the vase, the amphora, or (as in Colonna di colore [Column of Color], 1979) the column--he spreads a colored "impasto" (as the artist calls it) consisting of oil, gesso, and powdered pigment.
Ettore Spalletti: Henry Moore Institute by Schwabsky, Barry / Artforum International
Everything, every stroke of paint, every swirl of gesso, was beautiful to Brother Mickey.
Portraits of mercy by Coffey, Kathy / U.S. Catholic
On a primed gesso panel, the artist used the ancient medium of egg tempera, a mixture of egg and pigment, to depict the face of Jesus.
"Byzantium: faith and power (1261-1557)" at Metropolitan Museum of Art by Pasquini, Elaine / Washington Report on Middle East Affairs
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