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GESSO [1 record]

Record 1 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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