pastose
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- pastosity noun
Etymology
Origin of pastose
First recorded in 1775–85, pastose is from the Italian word pastoso doughy. See paste, -ose 1
Example Sentences
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His flesh, less clear than it afterwards becomes, is pastose and burnished.
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His flesh, less clear than it afterwards became, is pastose and burnished.
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Living with Raffaello was a Fleming called Giovanni, who was an excellent master in depicting fruits, leaves, and flowers with a very faithful and pleasing likeness to nature, although in a manner a little dry and laboured; and from him Giovanni da Udine learned to make them as beautiful as his master, and, what is more, with a certain soft and pastose manner that enabled him to become, as will be related, supremely excellent in some fields of art.
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Taddeo was very bold in his work, and had a manner passing soft and pastose, and very far removed from the hardness often seen.
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