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Example sentences for: gesso

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Although santo means `saint,' a santo as an object means a religious figure carved of wood, covered with gesso, carved in detail, and then painted.
The surface of the board was covered with gesso before the design was painted on it.
Most were painted with tempera, using a gesso ground with bright colors, but contemporary retablos are often painted on tin.