alla prima

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alla prima [ˈɑːlɑː ˈpriːmə]

adj

(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) (of a painting) painted with a single layer of paint, in contrast to paintings built up layer by layer

[from Italian: at once]

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