27 September 2017

impasto

[im-pas-toh, -pah-stoh]

noun, Painting.

1. the laying on of paint thickly.
2. the paint so laid on.
3. enamel or slip applied to a ceramic object to form a decoration in low relief.

Origin of impasto

1775-1785; < Italian, noun derivative of impastare to impaste
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Examples from the Web for impasto

Contemporary Examples

His colors are darker, his impasto is thicker, and his brushstrokes are quick and imperfect.
Did Monet Invent Abstract Art?
Rachel Wolff
March 4, 2010

Historical Examples

His brush knew one stroke only—his impasto was laid on at once.
Franz Hals
Edgcumbe Staley

In a photograph you are not disturbed by colour, or by impasto.
Masques & Phases
Robert Ross

All is careful, clear and precise, and there are no passages of heavy colouring or impasto work.
William Blake
Irene Langridge

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Today’s quote

The natural liberty of man is to be free from any superior power on Earth, and not to be under the will or legislative authority of man, but only to have the law of nature for his rule.

– Samuel Adams

On this day

27 September 1540 – The Jesuits (Society of Jesus) founded by Ignatius Loyola.

27 September 1660 – death of St Vincent de Paul, Catholic priest, born in France, who dedicated himself to serving the poor. Born 24 April 1581.

27 September 1722 – birth of Samuel Adams, American revolutionary and founding father. Died 2 October 1803.

27 September 1947 – birth of Marvin Lee Aday, American rocker – otherwise known as Meatloaf.

27 September 1961 – birth of Irvine Welsh, Scottish writer – ‘Train-spotting‘, ‘Ecstasy‘.

27 September 1963 – Lee Harvey Oswald visits Cuban embassy in Mexico to apply for a Cuban visa. The embassy initially denies the visa, stating that the man was not Lee Harvey Oswald. The embassy said he would need Soviet approval. Following scrutiny from the KGB and CIA, and intense debate between the Soviets, Cuba and Oswald (?) the visa was finally issued. Oswald, or the man purporting to be Oswald, never travelled to Cuba, but returned to the U.S. on 3 October 1963 … conspiracy, anyone?