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# impasto

«impasto» in Mova's school dictionary: **A way of painting with very thick paint, so that the…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (impasto — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

(art) A way of painting with very thick paint, so that the brush or knife marks stand up from the surface. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impasto/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In art lessons on painters and techniques: Van Gogh used impasto in The Starry Night and Sunflowers. Phrases: impasto technique, thick impasto.

### examples

- Van Gogh used impasto, so his paintings look bumpy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impasto/#x1)
- We tried impasto with a palette knife in art class. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impasto/#x2)
- The impasto makes the sunflowers look 3D. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impasto/#x3)
- Impasto takes a long time to dry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impasto/#x4)
- You can see the brushstrokes in the impasto. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impasto/#x5)
- Add flour to poster paint for a pretend impasto. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impasto/#x6)

### note

An Italian word, say im-PAS-toe. Uncountable. Opposite style: smooth, flat glazing.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «impasto» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impasto/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.