Impasto

Glossary

A painting technique in which paint is thickly applied to the canvas to produce heavy contrast or intense illumination. It became prominent in the seventeenth century with Baroque painters such as Rembrandt and Diego Velazquez and gained more popularity throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries through the works of artists such as Vincent Van Gogh and Jackson Pollock.

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Impasto%newline%A painting technique in which paint is thickly applied to the canvas to produce heavy contrast or intense illumination. It became prominent in the seventeenth century with Baroque painters such as Rembrandt and Diego Velazquez and gained more popularity throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries through the works of artists such as Vincent Van Gogh and Jackson Pollock.

Chicago	MAP Academy Encyclopedia of Art. “Impasto”. Accessed March 29, 2023. https://mapacademy.io/glossary/impasto/
MLA	“Impasto.” MAP Academy Encyclopedia of Art. https://mapacademy.io/glossary/impasto/. Accessed 29, March, 2023.
Harvard	MAP Academy Encyclopedia of Art. (2022) Impasto. [Online]. Available at: https://mapacademy.io/glossary/impasto/. (Accessed: 29, March, 2023)