gesso
/jes-oh/US // ˈdʒɛs oʊ //UK // (ˈdʒɛsəʊ) //
石膏粉,石膏板,石膏,石膏蹾
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
plural ges·soes.
- : gypsum or plaster of Paris prepared with glue for use as a surface for painting.
- : any plasterlike preparation to prepare a surface for painting, gilding, etc.
- : a prepared surface of plaster or plasterlike material for painting, gilding, etc.
Examples
No. 1261 retains the greater part of a gilt gesso border, stamped or modelled with a wavy tendril and bud pattern.
The background is entirely of gold, thickly studded with bosses of gilded gesso.
It is of an architectural type and of oak, and was covered with gilded gesso which long since disappeared.
The examples coated with gilded gesso or blazoned with paintings are, however, the most magnificent.
The evidence is in favour of white grounds, of size and gesso.
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