##  [Glazing](/index.php/glazing) 

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**Humanities & Arts Dictionary**

 







 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

Definition

A painting method that builds up color and optical depth by applying thin, transparent or semi‑transparent layers of pigmented medium over a dried underpainting or ground so that light passes through the layers and is modified by successive optical mixing rather than by physical pigment mixing alone.