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| Gouaches: The medium of gouache, from the Italian aguazzo, meaning mud, is a water-based painting technique in which opaque matter, usually a fine clay or lead white, is combined with pigments to produce an opaque effect. These powdered pigments are applied thickly, so that the color of the paper does not influence what the eye sees. The characteristics of gouaches are common to several types and traditions of painting, including ancient Egyptian wall paintings and Indian miniatures, but in the west it emerged as a rediscovered style in continental Europe during the 18th century. Painted in Italy |
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