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gesso::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | gypsum, plaster, plaster of paris |
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The works are a synthesis of acrylic, oil and epoxy over thick layers of gesso.
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The tracery is of the very finest, chiefly gilt on backgrounds of diapered gesso.
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Artist Suzan Woodruff uses a tilting table to create patterns in gesso panels.
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She compared a pencil's movement through gesso to the bite of carving through slate.
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Do you know how a painter prepares a canvas by applying gesso, a kind of white primer?
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After tracing its pieces onto paper, he covered the piano's mahogany surface with gesso.
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Gilt or a thin layer of gold, silver or bronze leaf is added after the gesso has dried.
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There is a hand-carved vice-regal armchair with the original gesso-polychrome gilt finish.
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Wilson covered the gourds in white gesso primer first, followed by white acrylic paint.
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- Gypsum or plaster of Paris spread on a surface to make it suitable for painting or gilding (or a surface so prepared)
- Gesso (Italian pronunciation:u00A0; "chalk", from the Latin: gypsum, from Greek: u03B3u03CDu03C8u03BFu03C2) is a white paint mixture consisting of a binder mixed with chalk, gypsum, pigment, or any combination of these. It is used in artwork as a preparation for any number of substrates such as wood panels, canvas and sculpture as a base for paint and other materials that are applied over it.
- A primer, usually containing gypsum or pumice, used to prepare a the SUPPORT to receive paint.
- An undercoating medium used on the canvas or other painting surface before painting, to prime the canvas; usually a white, chalky, thick liquid. In the mid-20th century, gesso became available already commercially prepared; before this time, artists often mixed their own gesso mixture.
- A mixture of glue and either chalk or plaster of Paris applied as a ground or coating to surfaces in order to give them the correct properties to receive paint. Gesso can also be built up or molded into relief designs, or carved.
- A thick, water-base paint commonly formed of plaster, chalk, or gypsum bound together with a glue. Gesso is used in manuscript illumination as a ground for some gilding processes, since it forms a raised surface ideal for burnishing and tooling. Methods of gesso preparation varied.
- Traditionally a lean layer of size and chalk to form a ground on which to paint.
- A prepared paste applied to wood or canvas, often made out of plaster of Paris or gypsum. The gesso tightens the canvas and prevents the oil paints from seeping through.
- A preparation of primarily slaked plaster and a binder, used for raised gilding with metal leaf. Gesso is also used to prime canvas and wooden boards for painting.
