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Traction crackle

Scope note

A pattern of crackle in paintings produced by shrinkage in a rapidly drying upper layer over a slow drying lower layer, characterized by a complex branching in which apertures are abnormally wide and disfiguring. AITSTP

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000228347

Broader Terms used

crackle

Created

13yrs ago

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