gesson.
/ˈdʒɛsəʊ/, U.S. /ˈdʒɛsoʊ/ 1. Plaster of Paris; gypsum.† a. in the native state (obsolete).
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b. as prepared for use in painting and sculpture.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > plaster > [noun] > plaster of Paris
plastera1387
plaster of Parisa1425
yesoa1533
gesso1596
gypsum1646
Paris plaster1855
stucco1897
hemi-hydrate1909
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > sculpture or carving > [noun] > material
touch1423
agalmatolite1801
gesso1851
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > equipment for painting or drawing > [noun] > surface for painting or drawing > preparing of surface > substance used for
sizec1440
priminga1625
primera1650
prime1658
gesso1851
1596 W. Phillip tr. Bk. Secrets ii. sig. D3 Fill the vessell halfe full, and stop it well with Gesso.
1596 W. Phillip tr. Bk. Secrets ii. sig. E j b Gesso when it is first put into the wine maketh it bitter.
1698 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 20 306 There are found with it Red-bole..and Plaister Gypsum or Gesso.
1851 J. Ruskin Stones of Venice I. App. xvii. 392 No colour is so noble as the colour of a good painting on canvass or gesso.
1859 T. J. Gullick & J. Timbs Painting 7 The Venetians..took the precaution of spreading the composition of size and gesso as thinly as possible.
1874 J. Fergusson in Contemp. Rev. Oct. 756 A coating of gesso—vulgo plaster—was to be applied.
1886 Athenæum 6 Feb. 207/2 These decorations have been modelled or ‘raised’ in gesso.
c. A prepared surface of plaster as a ground for painting.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > equipment for painting or drawing > [noun] > surface for painting or drawing > plaster
intonaco1806
gesso1860
pastiglia1897
pastiglio1977
1860 J. Hewitt Anc. Armour III. 497 This [shield]..is formed of wood..faced with canvas, on which is laid a gesso to receive the painting and gilding.
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perspective1597
grotesque1643
al fresco1756
gesso1759
polychrome1801
transfer1839
rangoli1884
trompe l'œil1889
retardataire1903
environment1962
CAD1965
photo work1981
Georgiana1989
1759 Ann. Reg. 1758 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. attributive, as gesso figure, gesso ornament, gesso work.
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1745 H. Walpole Let. to H. 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.].
1881 Athenæum 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.
1890 Archaeologia 52 693 In the centre a gold ring of gesso work with slightly raised bosses.
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ˈgessoed adj. (also gesso'd) treated with gesso.
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black and white1765
sunk1776
rupestrian1896
trompe l'œil1926
gessoed1955
1955 W. Gaddis Recognitions i. iii. 83 The gessoed surface had cracked here and there.
1985 J. Merrill Late Settings ii. 56 Blue willows peeling from gesso'd wall, tent-stripes or clouds from ceiling.
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