Guazzo

Japanese: guazzo
Guazzo

…In Italy and Germany, where the oil painting technique established in Flanders in the first half of the 15th century had not yet been fully introduced, the technique was applied underpainting with tempera and then finished with a thin layer of oil paint until the first half of the 16th century. This underpainting was called guazzo in old Italian, which later became the origin of the word gouache. The origin of gouache is unclear, but its predecessor is gum tempera, which was used in medieval illuminated manuscripts. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "guazzo" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…15世紀前半に,フランドルで確立した油絵の技法がまだ十分に伝わらなかった16世紀前半までのイタリアやドイツ地方では,テンペラで下彩色した上に,薄く油絵具を用いて仕上げをしていた。この下彩色を古いイタリア語でguazzoと呼び,のちにグアッシュの語源となった。グアッシュの起源ははっきりしないが,中世の装飾写本に用いたガムテンペラが前身である。…

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