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By damaging the top layer of paint, the underlying dark background becomes visible.

In the fine arts, underpainting is the term used to describe the layers of paint in a layer of paint that are not directly visible underneath the topmost layer of paint. With the "old masters" layered painting structure, the appearance of the final layer of paint and thus the appearance of a painting is largely determined by the background painting.

Underpainting was done in both monochrome and color.

While the underpainting lies beneath the final layer of paint, the impression , which also influences the color effect, is applied as a single-color application of paint over the entire primer .

Underpainting can be found from the painting of the Middle Ages to the 19th century, i. H. as long as the painting was built up in several layers. Underpainting rarely plays a role in modern painting, as it is not suitable for quick and impulsive work due to the necessary drying times.

Painting without underpainting and glazes is performed in one layer, it's called Prima painting or alla prima .

literature

  • Angela Weyer, Pilar Roig Picazo, Daniel Pop, JoAnn Cassar, Aysun Özköse, Jean-Marc Vallet, Ivan Srša (Eds.): EwaGlos, European Illustrated Glossary Of Conservation Terms For Wall Paintings And Architectural Surfaces . English Definitions with translations into Bulgarian, Croatian, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Romanian, Spanish and Turkish. (=  Series of publications by the Hornemann Institute . Volume 17). Michael Imhof, Petersberg 2015, ISBN 978-3-7319-0260-7 ( elearn.hawk-hhg.de ).

Individual evidence

  1. Knut Nicolaus: DuMont's image lexicon for determining paintings . DuMont Buchverlag, Cologne 1982, ISBN 3-7701-1243-1 , p. 229 .
  2. Angela Weyer et al. (Ed.): EwaGlos . Petersberg 2015, p. 60 .