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2. Gesso - Wikipedia

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   A restored gesso panel representing St. Martin of Tours, from St. Michael and All Angels Church, Lyndhurst, Hampshire. Gesso (Italian pronunciation:; 'chalk', from the Latin: gypsum, from Greek: γύψος), also known as "glue gesso" or "Italian gesso", [1] is a white paint mixture used to coat rigid surfaces such as wooden painting panels or masonite as a permanent absorbent primer substrate ...

3. Ground (art) - Wikipedia

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   White ground provides the greatest freedom of choice for colors, while colored grounds reduce the color range and force the use of more opaque paint application. [1] For paintings on panels, gesso is typically used as a ground; on canvas the ground can be yet another (inert) paint layer.

4. Pastiglia - Wikipedia

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   In reference to work on picture frames and paintings moulded and gilded gesso is still commonly described as pastiglia, [3] but in recent decades writers on furniture and the decorative arts tend to distinguish between this and "true" pastiglia, or white lead pastiglia [4] which is defined as being made from white lead powder, made by combining powdered lead and vinegar in an anaerobic ...

5. Talk:Gesso - Wikipedia

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   See how to gild on acrylic gesso ground here. There are hundreds types of acrylic gesso on the market. The modern acrylic gesso such as the Holbein acryla white gesso is a complete ground for all color mediums--Canvasd 06:58, 11 March 2013 (UTC), no matter it is oil paints, tempera, ink, wash, water colors, or acrylic paints etc. Therefore, it ...

6. Conservation and restoration of paintings - Wikipedia

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   These include changes in the work due to unstable and fugitive pigments. The aging of a paintings supports and ground will also impact the paint layer. For example, cracks can form in a gesso ground due to the embrittlement and movement of its support, then become visible in the paint film. [22]

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