alla prima
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Italian alla prima (“at first”).
Adjective[edit]
alla prima (not comparable)
- (painting) Without any preparatory layer of colour; with no underpainting. [from 19th c.]
- 2020, Inken Maria Holubec, “Angelica Kauffman and the Neoclassical Picture”, in Bettina Baumgärtel, editor, Angelica Kauffman, Hirmer, page 33:
- The application of paint in both compositions shows the use of a layering technique in the flesh tones and garments and the alla prima technique in the background.