gesso

Etymology
. . Compare 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) A mixture of plaster of Paris and glue used to prepare a surface for painting.
 * 2) * 1994, Timothy Noad, Patricia Seligman, The Illuminated Alphabet, (Chartwell Books), 2017, page 27,
 * The combination of leaf gold and gesso is almost miraculous. No photographic reproduction can adequately show the brilliant effect of raised gesso.
 * 1) * 2007, Robin Cormack, Icons,, , page 33,
 * The idea was that this would serve as a binder for the layer of gesso or at least might help to prevent the painting from instantly cracking apart if the wood split at any time.
 * 1) A work of art done in gesso.
 * 1) A work of art done in gesso.

Usage notes

 * Confusion arises from the fact that the Italian gesso is often translated as, which in English is ambiguous and can be interpreted either as the mineral or, in a more faithful translation, as  (gypsum; the "chalk" used to mark blackboards). In fact, both materials appear to have been used, historically.


 * In 1955, a water-based acrylic gesso was developed comprised of calcium carbonate, the pigment titanium white (titanium dioxide) and an acrylic polymer medium. Modern acrylic gessos come in a variety of materials and mixtures, including coloured pigments, combined with the acrylic polymer base.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech: šeps
 * Finnish: gesso
 * Georgian: თაბაშირი
 * Italian:
 * Portuguese:

Noun

 * 1) gesso mixture of plaster of Paris and glue

Etymology
From, from.

Noun

 * 1) chalk
 * 2) a cast

Etymology
, from. , borrowed through Arabic.

Noun

 * 1) gypsum (mineral)
 * 2) plaster (substance used for coating walls and ceilings)
 * 3) cast (device to help mend broken bones)
 * 1) cast (device to help mend broken bones)
 * 1) cast (device to help mend broken bones)