Impasto

Glossary

A painting technique in which paint is thickly applied to the canvas, creating a surface texture. This can aid in intensifying the effects of light and shadow or revealing the energetic strokes of the painter. It became prominent in the seventeenth century with Baroque painters such as Rembrandt and Diego Velazquez, and gained popularity throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, exemplified in the works of Vincent Van Gogh and Jackson Pollock.

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Impasto%newline%A painting technique in which paint is thickly applied to the canvas, creating a surface texture. This can aid in intensifying the effects of light and shadow or revealing the energetic strokes of the painter. It became prominent in the seventeenth century with Baroque painters such as Rembrandt and Diego Velazquez, and gained popularity throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, exemplified in the works of Vincent Van Gogh and Jackson Pollock.

Chicago	MAP Academy Encyclopedia of Art. “Impasto”. Accessed April 27, 2024. https://mapacademy.io/glossary/impasto/
MLA	“Impasto.” MAP Academy Encyclopedia of Art. https://mapacademy.io/glossary/impasto/. Accessed 27, April, 2024.
Harvard	MAP Academy Encyclopedia of Art. (2022) Impasto. [Online]. Available at: https://mapacademy.io/glossary/impasto/. (Accessed: 27, April, 2024)