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A Clarification?
Leslie,
The primary use of glazing in the past was to be able to create more intense (chromatic) colors due to the unavailability of a wide range of pigments, such as those available today. As more pigments were introduced over time glazing took on the role of being used to modify smaller areas with subtle hue and chroma enhancements after the bulk of the painting was completed.
I recently read somewhere that by the 19th century glazing was considered pass
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