pastiglia
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Low relief decoration, normally modelled in gesso or white lead, applied to build up a surface that may then be gilded or painted, or left plain.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "But it was the white-lead pastiglia box that was closest to the cassone in both form and decoration."
- "Sassetta was his example, but Berenson actually missed the only element in that artist’s oeuvre that can lay claim to Asian influence: the pastiglia in the frame of the San Sepolcro altarpiece, in which the pattern of intertwined morning glories with the buds and leaves seen from different points of view is Chinese in origin (Fig. 4)."
- "The set of prints also influenced manuscript and book illustrations, including borders of books of hours and frontispieces; also majolica dishes, such as two large dishes by Jacopo de Cafaggiolo, one of them dated 1514; Renaissance enamels; white lead pastiglia caskets; and bronze plaquettes."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: pastiglia