Definition of Impaste. Meaning of Impaste. Synonyms of Impaste

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Definition of Impaste

Impaste
Impaste Im*paste", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impasted; p. pr. & vb. n. Impasting.] [Pref. im- in + paste: cf. It. impastare, OF. empaster, F. emp[^a]ter. See 1st In- and Paste.] 1. To knead; to make into paste; to concrete. ``Blood . . . baked and impasted.' --Shak. 2. (Paint.) To lay color on canvas by uniting them skillfully together. [R.] Cf. Impasto.

Meaning of Impaste from wikipedia

- disparity between Lichtenstein's neat technique and the hefty swipes of impasted paint is marked)." Roy Lichtenstein: Beginning to End, February 2 – May...
- in 1766 by auctioneer James Christie in London. Known for his thickly impasted portrait and figure paintings, Lucian Freud was widely considered the pre-eminent...
- such, in its sketchy rubbings of dark brown tone relieved by strongly impasted lights, but without the very qualities which made his usual subjects attractive...
- hatches, stroked downwards from right to left....[Gibson's paint] is "impasted" in the manner of oil painting and is quite different from the traditionally...
- thickly painted, and imparting a dynamic realism. In contrast to the impasted areas are the eye sockets, painted with subtle glazes, one eye in shadow...
- used a very personal technique: his intense and bright tones are heavily impasted while the surface of the painting, slightly crushed, has the appearance...
- so; often this is the result of the variation between areas of densely impasted paint and those composed of blurred brushstrokes. The relief of the paint...
- influence of the old masters he admired, the contemporary clothing and roughly impasted surface of Boy Blowing Bubbles are consistent with Manet's Realist determination...
- crying out in agony. Both the angel and cloud are composed by a dominant impasted white, and lined with brilliant varieties of red, blue, yellow and green...
- as an undertone, De Hooch layered paint in thin, transparent coats. The impasted highlights are formed through small, closely positioned dabs of colour...