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Definition of Intaglio

Intaglio
Intaglio In*tagl"io, n.; pl. E. Intaglius, It. Intagli. [It., fr. intagliare to engrave, carve; pref. in- in + tagliare to cut, carve. See Detail.] 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.

Meaning of Intaglio from wikipedia

- Look up intaglio in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Intaglio, the process of cutting a design into a surface, may refer to: Intaglio, a type of engraved...
- Intaglio (/ɪnˈtæli.oʊ, -ˈtɑːli-/ in-TAL-ee-oh, -⁠TAH-lee-; Italian: [inˈtaʎʎo]) is the family of printing and printmaking techniques in which the image...
- In North American archaeology, intaglio (Italian: [inˈtaʎʎo]) is a term from art applied to burial mounds that refers to a design cut into a hard surface...
- The Blythe Intaglios or Blythe Geoglyphs are a group of gigantic figures incised on the ground near Blythe, California, in the Colorado Desert. The ground...
- An engraved gem, frequently referred to as an intaglio, is a small and usually semi-precious gemstone that has been carved, in the Western tradition normally...
- by hand with a simple tool such as a brayer or roller. In contrast, in intaglio printing, the recessed areas are printed. Relief printing is one of the...
- cut into the unprotected parts of a metal surface to create a design in intaglio (incised) in the metal. In modern manufacturing, other chemicals may be...
- surface. They can be classified through their method of manufacture. Intaglios are created by s****ing away the desert pavements (pebbles covering the...
- application of ink onto the collagraph plate is versatile, consisting of intaglio-inking into recesses, brayer or paintbrush inking onto relief surfaces...
- Blue chalcedony intaglio of a woman (Gr****)...