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‖ gesso|ˈdʒɛsəʊ|
Also 8–9 gess(e.
[a. It. gesso:—L. gypsum: see gypsum.]
1. Plaster of Paris; gypsum.
†a. in the native state (obs.).
b. as prepared for use in painting and sculpture.
1596W. P. Bk. Secr. D iij a, Fill the vessell halfe full and stop it well with Gesso. Ibid. E j b, Gesso when it is first put into the wine maketh it bitter. 1698in Phil. Trans. XX. 306 There are found with it Red-bole..and Plaister Gypsum or Gesso. 1851Ruskin Stones Ven. (1874) I. App. 370 No colour is so noble as the colour of a good painting on canvas or gesso. 1859Gullick & Timbs Paint. 7 The Venetians..took the precaution of spreading the composition of size and gesso as thinly as possible. 1874J. Fergusson in Contemp. Rev. Oct. 756 A coating of gesso—vulgo plaster—was to be applied. 1886Athenæum 6 Feb. 207/2 These decorations have been modelled or ‘raised’ in gesso.
c. A prepared surface of plaster as a ground for painting.
1860J. Hewitt Anc. Arm. III. 497 This [shield]..is formed of wood..faced with canvas, on which is laid a gesso to receive the painting and gilding.
†2. A work of art executed in plaster. Obs.
1758Chron. in Ann. Reg. 84/2 Any painter, sculptor..or other artist to whom the study of these gesses may be of use, will have liberty to draw or model at any time.
3. attrib., as gesso figure, gesso ornament, gesso work.
1745H. Walpole Let. to Mann 4 Jan. (1857) I. 336, I must tell you that I have at last received the cases; three with gesse figures, and one with [etc.]. 1881Athenæum 7 May 626/3 The design of the gesso ornaments [of the Painted Chamber], with their colours, gilding, and decoration, could still be made out. 1890Archæol. LII. 693 In the centre a gold ring of gesso work with slightly raised bosses.
Add: Hence ˈgessoed (also occas. gesso'd) a., treated with gesso.
1955W. Gaddis Recognitions i. iii. 83 The gessoed surface had cracked here and there. 1985J. Merrill Late Settings ii. 56 Blue willows peeling from gesso'd wall, tent-stripes or clouds from ceiling. |