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Fine arts > Painting > Glass painting > Glass underpainting

Preferred term

Glass underpainting  

Definition

  • Applying paint to the back of a sheet of glass in reverse order, that is, with details and highlights first and background last; the finished picture is viewed from the front [AAT]

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Back painting, glass underpainting
  • Glass painting, reverse
  • Glass pictures
  • Hinterglasmalerei
  • Painting on glass, reverse
  • Pictures on glass
  • Reverse painting on glass
  • Underpainting, glass

Notation

  • 122745

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-D3XGTT6Z-K

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