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Pastel

A pastel (.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}US: /pæˈstɛl/) is an art medium that consists of powdered pigment and a binder. It can exist in a variety of forms, including a stick, a square, a…

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Pastel media

Manufacture

Pastel supports

Protection of pastel paintings

Techniques

Health and safety hazards

Pastel art in art history

Pastels

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Pastel

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Density0.017094
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Pastel

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related to Pastels · 33
Pastel → Art Institute, ArtJames Abbott McNeill Whistler, Boucher, Charles-Joseph Natoire, Chicago, Dabo, Degas, FlorenceJean-François Millet, Flowers, Galleria, Green Vase, Gustav LundbergMary Cassatt, Her Flock, Hirémy-Hirschl, Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, La Toilette, Madame Michel-Lévy, Manet, Marie-Suzanne Giroust, Moscow18th
related to Pastel on canvas · 24
Pastel → Artists, As, Early, Edgar Degas, Edvard Munch, Expressionist, French, Her, In, It, Jean-Étienne Liotard, La Tour, Large-format, Maurice Quentin, Modern, Odilon Redon, Pastels, Rosalba Carriera, Similar, Symbolist
related to history · 21
Pastel → During, England, Federico Barocci, French, In, In Colonial America, Jean Perréal, Jean-Baptiste Perronneau, Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, Jean-Étienne Liotard, John Russell, John Singleton Copley, Joseph Vivien, La Tour, Leonardo, Maurice Quentin, Milan, Rosalba Carriera, Swiss-French, The
related to Sources · 18
Pastel → American Art Journal, Dianne, Dictionary, ISBN, Jeffares, London, Neil, Nineteenth-Century America, No, Nov, Painters, Pastellists Before, Pastels, Pilgrim, The Revival, The Society, Unicorn Press, Vol
related to Further reading · 16
Pastel → Abbeville Press, Century Europe, Elizabeth Heard, Fashion Studies, Images, ISBN, Katharine, Marjorie, Pastel Portraits, Philippe, Saunier, Shelley, The, Thea Burns, Translated, Yale University Press
related to Protection of pastel paintings · 14
Pastel → As, Historically, However, It, Only, Pastels, Plexiglas, Some, The, There, They, This, Traditional, Works
related to Health and safety hazards · 7
Pastel → All, Although, AP Label, ASTM International, For, More, Pastels
related to Manufacture · 7
Pastel → In, Late Latin, Medieval Latin, Most, The, The French, This
related to Pastel media · 7
Pastel → Dry, It, Methyl, Often, Some, The, They
related to External links · 5
Pastel → AmericaDictionary, Art, Brush Gallery, CanadaPastel, FrancePastel

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pastels used medium canvas painting paper use color art binder pigment pigments artists fixative drawing century using french soft surface

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Pastelfounded in18830.95text
Pastelfounded byWilliam Merritt Chase0.90text
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gum tragacanthinstance ofIt also varies by individual manufacturer.Dry pastels have historically used binders0.80text
Wolf Kahn use pastels on canvasinstance ofArtists0.80text
particularly for landscape paintingsinstance ofArtists0.80text
combining elements of drawinginstance ofArtists0.80text
paintinginstance ofArtists0.80text
air qualityinstance ofThis prevents the deterioration which is associated with environmental hazards0.80text
humidityinstance ofThis prevents the deterioration which is associated with environmental hazards0.80text
mildew problems associated with condensationinstance ofThis prevents the deterioration which is associated with environmental hazards0.80text
smudginginstance ofThis prevents the deterioration which is associated with environmental hazards0.80text

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