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GESSO [3 records]

Record 1 2011-09-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Art Supplies
DEF

Common gray cardboard or pasteboard to which a white cotton cloth, prepared for oil painting, has been glued or pasted.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel d'artistes
CONT

Toile cartonnée économique, apprêtée au gesso et collée sur un carton épais. Elle offre une surface rigide qui convient à la peinture à l'huile et à l'acrylique.

Spanish

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Record 2 1986-03-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symbols, Motifs and Ornaments (Arts)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symboles, motifs et ornements (Arts)

Spanish

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Record 3 1978-10-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Painting (Arts)
DEF

A white fluid or plastic coating material made by mixing chalk or whiting with a glue solution (or occasionally casein).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Peinture (Arts)
DEF

Enduit de plâtre formé d’un liant aqueux mêlé à du sulfate de calcium.

CONT

Colle et gesso associés, souvent polis à la grêle, ont suffi pour réaliser ces fonds épais comme celui que nous voyons au Louvre sur ce fragment d’"Ange en Adoration", de Fra Angelico.

Spanish

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