Get to know Impasto better with 5 real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like painting.
Impasto in a sentence
Impasto meaning
The use of a thick-bodied paint to create peaks and crests that physically extend from the surface of a painting.
Synonyms of Impasto
Using Impasto
- The main meaning on this page is: The use of a thick-bodied paint to create peaks and crests that physically extend from the surface of a painting.
- Useful related words include: painting.
Context around Impasto
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 3 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Impasto
- In this selection, "impasto" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, splendid, mathis, heavy, scraping and characterize stand out and add context to how "impasto" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and granular impasto characterize his and of splendid impasto and a. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "impasto" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with impasto
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Carefully balanced composition, soft diffusion of light, and granular impasto characterize his work. (13 words)
Whitten used a very heavy impasto to deliver a high textural look low in color. (15 words)
A very fine work made up of splendid impasto and a bright palette dates to 1969. (16 words)
Is there a substantial difference between this and abstract art that seeks to elicit certain emotions through a mixing of colors and textures (stippling, scumbling, dripping, thickening an impasto, scraping, washing or hurling paint at the canvas)? (37 words)
Among others already committed are Candide’s John Winter Russell, Manitoba’s Simon Mathis, Impasto’s Michele Forgione and St. James Hotel’s Éric Gonzalez. (25 words)
A very fine work made up of splendid impasto and a bright palette dates to 1969. (16 words)
Is there a substantial difference between this and abstract art that seeks to elicit certain emotions through a mixing of colors and textures (stippling, scumbling, dripping, thickening an impasto, scraping, washing or hurling paint at the canvas)? (37 words)
Example sentences (5)
A very fine work made up of splendid impasto and a bright palette dates to 1969.
Is there a substantial difference between this and abstract art that seeks to elicit certain emotions through a mixing of colors and textures (stippling, scumbling, dripping, thickening an impasto, scraping, washing or hurling paint at the canvas)?
Among others already committed are Candide’s John Winter Russell, Manitoba’s Simon Mathis, Impasto’s Michele Forgione and St. James Hotel’s Éric Gonzalez.
Whitten used a very heavy impasto to deliver a high textural look low in color.
Carefully balanced composition, soft diffusion of light, and granular impasto characterize his work.