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| The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07. |
| impasto |
( mp s´t , –pä´st) (KEY) , thickly applied paint that projects from the picture surface. Such works as Childe Hassam’s Allies Day (1917; National Gall. of Art, Washington, D.C.) and Hans Hoffman’s abstraction In Upper Regions (1963; David N. Marks Coll.) exploit to advantage the vigorous effect inherent in impasto technique. |
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