Crossword-Solution: GESSO
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| Word | Anagrams | |
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| GESSO | anagram | GOSSE, SEGOS |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
TAREE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with GESSO (5)
LONDON _Fifth Edition_ THE PERSONS OF THE PLAY Simone Gesso, Duke of Padua Beatrice, his Wife Andreas Pollajuolo, Cardinal of Padua Maffio Petrucci, Jeppo Vitellozzo, Taddeo Bardi } Gentlemen of the Duke’s Household Guido Ferranti, a Young Man Ascanio Cristofano, his Friend Count Moranzone, an Old Man Bernardo Cavalcanti, Lord Justice of Padua Hugo, the Headsman Lucy, a Tire woman Servants, Citizens, Soldiers, Monks, Falconers with their hawks and dogs, etc.
LORD JUSTICE Thou art not ignorant What dreadful charge men lay against thee here, Namely, the treacherous murder of thy Lord, Simone Gesso, Duke of Padua; What dost thou say in answer? GUIDO I say nothing.
The bulk of these reliefs of the Madonna and Child are in stucco, terra-cotta, carta pesta and gesso--cheap malleable materials which were easily and rapidly worked: the reliefs were manufactured in great numbers for the market.
Donatello certainly made Madonnas in relief: Vasari mentions half a dozen; Neroccio, the Sienese sculptor, possessed _una Madonna di gesso di Donatello_.[222] There are Madonnas on the tombs of Pope John and Cardinal Brancacci.
King Arthur's sword was one of these,-- "For all of Coleyne was the blade And all the hilt of precious stone." In the British Museum is a wonderful example of a wooden shield, painted on a gesso ground, the subject being a Knight kneeling before a lady, and the motto: "Vous ou la mort." These wooden shields were used in Germany until the end of Maximilian's reign.
Quotes with GESSO (1)
both you and paintings are layered… first, ephemera and notations on the back of the canvas. Labels indicate gallery shows, museum shows, footprints in the snow, so to speak. Then pencil scribbles on the stretcher, usually by the artist, usually a title or date. Next the stretcher itself. Pine or something. Wooden triangles in the corners so the picture can be tapped tighter when the canvas becomes loose. Nails in the wood securing the picture to the stretcher. Next, a canvas…
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Used 208 times in crossword archives (1944–2025).