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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Impasto  \Im*pas"to\,  n.  [It.  See  {Impaste}.]  (Paint.) 
  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.  --Fairholt. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  impasto 
  n  :  painting  that  applies  the  pigment  thickly  so  that  brush  or 
  palette  knife  marks  are  visible 




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