Intaglio
[ɪn'tælɪəʊ;-'tɑːl-]
Definition
(noun.) glyptic art consisting of a sunken or depressed engraving or carving on a stone or gem (as opposed to cameo).
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Definition
(n.) A cutting or engraving; a figure cut into something, as a gem, so as to make a design depressed below the surface of the material; hence, anything so carved or impressed, as a gem, matrix, etc.; -- opposed to cameo. Also used adjectively.
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Definition
n. a figure cut into any substance: a stone or gem in which the design is hollowed out the opposite of a cameo.—adj. Intagl′iated formed in intaglio: engraved.
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Examples
- After the engraver has worked out the design in intaglio the die is put through the operation of hardening, after which, being cleaned and polished, it is called a matrix. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- When the operation is reversed, and only the _darks_ are etched in _intaglio_, to be filled with ink, as in copper-plate engraving, it is called photo-gravure. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
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