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impasto

UK
/ɪmˈpɑːstəʊ/
US
/ɪmˈpɑstoʊ/

Translations

impastonoun
impastos
pl
empâtementEn peinture, application très épaisse de la couleur, laissant visibles les traces du pinceau ou du couteau.
The artist used impasto to give the painting a textured, three-dimensional effect.
L'artiste a utilisé l'empâtement pour donner au tableau un effet texturé et tridimensionnel.
Additional translations
impastoTerme archéologique employé en français pour désigner ce type de céramique italique.
Synonyms
texture
thick paint
relief
bulk
layering
impastoadjective
more impasto
Comp.
most impasto
Super.
UK
/ɪmˈpɑːstəʊ/
US
/ɪmˈpɑstoʊ/
Used attributively to describe artworks or techniques characterized by thickly applied paint.
empâtéSurtout en critique d'art, pour une touche ou une surface obtenue par une application épaisse de la peinture.
The impasto strokes give the painting a sculptural quality.
Les touches empâtées donnent à la peinture un aspect sculptural.
Synonyms
heavy-bodied
heavily applied
dense
buttery
sculptural
thick
thickly applied
textured
pastose
pasty

Definitions

impastonoun
A technique used in painting where paint is laid on a surface very thickly, so that brush or palette knife marks are visible.
The artist used impasto to give the painting a textured, three-dimensional effect.
The thick application of paint itself, often creating a textured surface on the canvas.
The impasto on the canvas added depth and movement to the artwork.
A coarse, unslipped type of pottery characteristic of the Bronze and Early Iron Ages in central Italy.
Archaeologists discovered fragments of impasto in the Etruscan tomb.
impastoadjective
Relating to or characterized by the thick application of paint that leaves visible brush or knife marks.
The impasto strokes give the painting a sculptural quality.
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