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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 various alibis that have enabled returns of this sort over the past twenty years, from Appropriation to Simulationism, have been discarded so that the artist may, once again, face down the tundra of the gessoed surface as if for the first time, contending with this, and only this, space. He certainly worked on a larger canvas (actually gessoed masonite and tempera) than political protest and racial advocacy. According to Cennini's instructions, the painter begins by composing his image on the smooth surface of his gessoed panel, using charcoal tied to a long stick. |
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