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Definition of Sgraffitos

Sgraffito
Sgraffito Sgraf*fi"to, a. [It.] (Paint.) Scratched; -- said of decorative painting of a certain style, in which a white overland surface is cut or scratched through, so as to form the design from a dark ground underneath.

Meaning of Sgraffitos from wikipedia

- Sgraffito (Italian: [zɡrafˈfiːto]; pl. sgraffiti) is an artistic or decorative technique of scratching through a coating on a hard surface to reveal parts...
- (1897–98) Sgraffito by Cauchie on the Rue Malibran/Malibranstraat (1900) Sgraffito by Cauchie on his residence and studio (1905) Sgraffito panel in the...
- Renaissance buildings were often decorated with sgraffito (figural or ornamental). The figural sgraffito as well as relief decorations usually drew inspiration...
- House by Gustave Strauven (1903) Cauchie House by Paul Cauchie (1905) Sgraffito panel in the Cauchie House Stoclet Palace by Josef Hoffmann (1911) Art...
- statues Odin (1812/1822) and Odin (1824/1825) by Hermann Ernst Freund, the sgraffito over the entrance of Villa Wahnfried in Bayreuth (1874) by R. Krausse...
- windows, balconies, portals and ornamental balustrades. Ceiling frescos, sgraffito, plafonds and coffering (patterned ceilings; Polish kaseton; from Italian...
- City landmarks. The Booth's facade is made of brick and terracotta, with sgraffito decorations designed in stucco. Three arches face north onto 45th Street...
- its extensive sgraffito designs, which cover 7,000 square metres (75,000 sq ft) of the buildings surface. The first group of sgraffito was created with...
- (1901–1903) House of the architect Paul Cauchie in Brussels, featuring sgraffito (1905) Belgium was an early centre of Art Nouveau, thanks largely to the...
- ceramic tiles, mosaics, and stained gl****; gilded asymmetrical ornament; sgraffito; and keyhole windows and screens. Unlike the other major Belgian metropolitan...