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alla prima
[ ah-luh pree-muh ]
noun
, Fine Arts.
- a painting technique in which a canvas is completed in one session, often having a thickly applied impasto.
alla prima
/ ˈɑːlɑː ˈpriːmə /
adjective
- (of a painting) painted with a single layer of paint, in contrast to paintings built up layer by layer
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Word History and Origins
Origin of alla prima1
< Italian: literally, at the first
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Word History and Origins
Origin of alla prima1
C19: from Italian: at once
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Example Sentences
Quel che fa il pazzo all' ultimo, lo fa il savio 40 alla prima—The wise man does that at first which the fool must do at last.
From Project Gutenberg
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