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gesso 1. a white ground of plaster and size, used esp in the Middle Ages and Renaissance to prepare panels or canvas for painting or gilding 2. any white substance, esp plaster of Paris, that forms a ground when mixed with water gesso [′je·sō] (materials) A material made from chalk and gelatin or casein glue; painted on panels to furnish a surface for tempera work or for polymer-based paints. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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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. Everything, every stroke of paint, every swirl of gesso, was beautiful to Brother Mickey. 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. |
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