|
Search over 100 encyclopedias and dictionaries: |
Research categories | Follow us on Twitter |
Research categories
View all topics in the newsView all reference sources at Encyclopedia.com |
|||
gesso
gesso. Brilliant white preparation of powdered chalk mixed with glue, used during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance as a ground to prepare a panel or canvas for painting or gilding. The gesso was applied in several layers, with the proportion of chalk to glue progressively increasing. When applied to frames and furniture it could be painted and gilded in the same way, and was often modelled (gesso rilievo). In the 20th century the term ‘gesso’ came to be used loosely for any white substance that can be mixed with water to make a ground; in reference to sculpture it often means plaster of Paris.
|
|
|
Cite this article
IAN CHILVERS. "gesso." The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. IAN CHILVERS. "gesso." The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O2-gesso.html IAN CHILVERS. "gesso." The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 2004. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O2-gesso.html |
|
gesso
gesso. Brilliant white preparation of powdered chalk mixed with glue, used during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance as a ground to prepare a panel or canvas for painting or gilding. The gesso was applied in several layers, with the proportion of chalk to glue progressively increasing. When applied to frames and furniture it could be painted and gilded in the same way, and was often modelled (gesso rilievo). In the 20th century the term ‘gesso’ came to be used loosely for any white substance that can be mixed with water to make a ground; in reference to sculpture it often means plaster of Paris.
|
|
|
Cite this article
IAN CHILVERS. "gesso." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. IAN CHILVERS. "gesso." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O3-gesso.html IAN CHILVERS. "gesso." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists. 2003. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O3-gesso.html |
|
gesso
gesso. Plaster of Paris, or gypsum, mixed with glue and whiting (ground chalk) used to prepare a flat surface for painting, or to raise parts of the surface to enhance enrichment of a painting, as in the exquisite late-medieval panels of the chancel-screen in St Edmund's Church, Southwold, Suffolk. Gesso duro is of superior quality, used for making bas-reliefs which are then painted to resemble terracotta or faïence.
Bibliography Nicholson (1835) |
|
|
Cite this article
JAMES STEVENS CURL. "gesso." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JAMES STEVENS CURL. "gesso." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-gesso.html JAMES STEVENS CURL. "gesso." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-gesso.html |
|
gesso
gesso
•basso, El Paso, Picasso, Sargasso, Tasso
•fatso, paparazzo, terrazzo
•Brasso
•espresso, gesso
•intermezzo, mezzo
•scherzo
•peso, say-so
•calypso, dipso
•schizo • Mato Grosso • torso • also
•amoroso, capriccioso, oloroso, so-so
•Caruso, Robinson Crusoe, Rousseau, trousseau
•so-and-so
•Curaçao, curassow
•Thurso, verso
|
|
|
Cite this article
"gesso." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "gesso." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-gesso.html "gesso." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-gesso.html |
|
Search over 100 encyclopedias and dictionaries:
HighBeam™ Research, Inc. © Copyright 2012. All rights reserved.
The Encyclopedia.com advertising network includes:
