different between gesso vs impasto

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian gesso. Doublet of gypsum. Compare Spanish yeso (“plaster, cast”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d??s??/
• Rhymes: -?s??

Noun

gesso (usually uncountable, plural gessos or gessoes)

1. A mixture of plaster of Paris and glue used to prepare a surface for painting.
2. A work of art done in gesso.

Translations

Anagrams

• Goses, Segos, goses, segos

Finnish

Etymology

< Italian gesso

Noun

gesso

1. gesso (mixture of plaster of Paris and glue)

Declension

Italian

Etymology

From Latin gypsum, from Ancient Greek ????? (gúpsos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d???s.so/

Noun

gesso m (plural gessi)

1. chalk
2. a cast

Derived terms

• gesso

Related terms

• gessetto
• gessoso
• ingessare

Descendants

• ? English: gesso

Further reading

• gesso in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

References

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin gypsum (“gypsum”), from Ancient Greek.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??e.su/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /??e.so/

Noun

gesso m (plural gessos)

1. gypsum (mineral)

   Synonym: gipsita

2. plaster (substance used for coating walls and ceilings)

   Synonym: estuque

3. cast (device to help mend broken bones)

Derived terms

• gesso de Paris

Related terms

English

Noun

impasto (countable and uncountable, plural impastos)

1. (painting) The use of a thick-bodied paint to create sizable peaks and crests in an image.

Derived terms

• impastoed

Translations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:impasto.

Verb

impasto (third-person singular simple present impastoes, present participle impastoing, simple past and past participle impastoed)

1. (painting) to paint in thick-bodied paint; to paint in impasto style

Anagrams

• ampotis

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /im?pas.to/
• Rhymes: -asto

Noun

impasto m (plural impasti)

1. mixture, dough, kneading, crumb
2. impasto

Related terms

• impastare

Verb

impasto

1. first-person singular present of impastare

Anagrams

• imposta