facture

Definitions


[ˈfaktʃə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the quality of the execution of a painting; an artist's characteristic handling of the paint
(e.g: Manet's sensuous facture)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English (in the general sense ‘construction, workmanship’): via Old French from Latin factura ‘formation, manufacture’, from facere ‘do, make’. The current sense dates from the late 19th century




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