| 单词 | distemper-ground |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdistemper-ground distemper-ground n. see 1 above.extracted from distempern.2distemper-ground 1. A method of painting, in which the colours are mixed with some glutinous substance soluble in water, as yolk of egg mixed with water, etc., executed usually upon a ground of chalk or plaster mixed with gum ( distemper-ground): mostly used in scene-painting, and in the internal decoration of walls. Chiefly in such phrases as ‘painting’ or ‘to paint in distemper’ (Italian pingere a tempera). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > painting or coating materials > [noun] > distemper distemper1622 wall-wash1898 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > painting according to medium or technique > [noun] > tempera or distemper distemper1622 tempera1832 1622 H. Peacham Compl. Gentleman xii. 121 He wrought in distemper (as we call it) or wet with size, sixe histories of patient Iob, wherein are many excellent figures. 1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words (at cited word) Painting in Distemper, or size..hath been ancientlier in use than that which is in oiled colours. 1669 S. Pepys Diary 3 Mar. (1976) IX. 465 There saw my picture of Greenwich, finished to my very good content, though this manner of distemper doth make the figures not so pleasing as in oyle. 1762 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting I. ii. 25 They glued a linnen cloth upon the wall, and covered that with plaister, on which they painted in distemper. 1773 Gentleman's Mag. 43 216 Nor is there any strength in the shadows of the drapery, a defect that usually attends painting in fresco and distemper. 1837 Penny Cycl. IX. 22/2 Distemper, an inferior kind of colouring used for both internal and external walls..instead of oil colour, being a cheap substitute... Scene painting is executed in distemper. 1850 A. Jameson Legends Monastic Orders 117 A small picture in distemper on panel. 1859 T. J. Gullick & J. Timbs Painting 75 Oil-pictures are frequently executed partly in tempera, or, as it is now called, distemper—in other words, water-colours. < as lemmas |
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