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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.
Most were painted with tempera, using a gesso ground with bright colors, but contemporary retablos are often painted on tin.
The surface of the board was covered with gesso before the design was painted on it.