From Italian 'impastare' (to make into paste), from Greek 'pastē' (porridge) — thick paint treated as dough on the canvas.
The process or technique of laying paint thickly on a canvas so that it stands out in relief from the surface; paint applied in this manner.
From Italian 'impasto,' meaning paste, dough, or the act of kneading into a paste, from 'impastare' (to make into a paste, knead), composed of 'in-' (into) and 'pasta' (paste, dough), from Late Latin 'pasta' (dough, pastry), from Greek 'pastē' (πάστη, barley porridge), from 'passein' (πάσσειν, to sprinkle). The connection between bread dough and thick paint lies in their shared physical quality: both are dense, malleable substances worked by hand. Key roots: pasta (Late Latin
The same Greek root that gave us 'impasto' (thick paint) also gave us 'pasta' (Italian food), 'pastry' (baked dough), 'paste' (a thick adhesive), 'pastel' (a chalk-like drawing medium mixed into a paste), and 'pastiche' (a literary or artistic work that 'pastes together' imitations of various styles). Art, food, and glue are all, etymologically, the same substance.
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