Associations to the word «Impasto»

Wiktionary

IMPASTO, noun. In painting, the use of a thick-bodied paint to create sizable peaks and crests in an image.

Dictionary definition

IMPASTO, noun. Painting that applies the pigment thickly so that brush or palette knife marks are visible.

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.