Gesso
"Gesso" is the Italian word for "chalk" (akin to the English word "gypsum"), and is a powdered form of the mineral calcium carbonate used in art. Gesso was traditionally mixed with animal glue, usually rabbit-skin glue, to use as an absorbent primer coat for panel painting with tempera paints. This mixture is rather brittle and susceptible to cracking, thus making it unsuitable for priming canvas.
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Italian - Chalk - Gypsum - Mineral - Calcium carbonate - Rabbit-skin glue - Panel painting - Tempera - Canvas
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