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n. The application of thick layers of pigment to a canvas or other surface in painting.

n. The paint so applied.

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

n. The thickness of the layer or body of pigment applied by the painter to his canvas with especial reference to the juxtaposition of different colors and tints in forming a harmonious whole.

n. In painting, the thick laying on of pigments. Compare impaste, 2.

n. In ceramics, enamel colors or slip laid so thickly on the ware, in decoration, as to stand out from its surface in relief.

n. painting that applies the pigment thickly so that brush or palette knife marks are visible

"In this painting as in most of my oil paintings, I used bold colors and brushstrokes of thick paint called impasto, to create a textural rhythm in order to introduce a more intense feeling in the work."

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