Usually means: Thick, textured application of paint.
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General (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. pastose: Merriam-Webster
  2. pastose: Wordnik
  3. pastose: Infoplease Dictionary
  4. pastose: Dictionary.com
  5. pastose: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  6. pastose: Wiktionary

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. pastose: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology

Definitions from Wiktionary (pastose)

adjective:  Charged with paint or colour, especially if impastoed.
adjective:  (of a penstroke, etc) Broad, and produced by light pressure, as if with a paintbrush.


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