Alia Prima: A method by which a painting is usually completed in one sitting-painting in a direct manner.
Aniline: A derivative of coal tar used to produce brilliant, but not necessarily permanent, colors.
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AlIa prima: From the Italian for 'at first' this denotes painting which does not rely on underpainting. but is completed in one session with colours that are applied directly.
On the other hand, a new quality now entered his work via an unconventional, pre-Impressionist mode of painting: the direct, spontaneous application of paint to the ground ("alia prima"), with its tendency to favour more open forms.
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 See also: Renaissance, Expression, Realism, Movement, Painting
  
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