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intaglio

[in-tal-yoh, -tahl-, een-tah-lyaw] / ɪnˈtæl joʊ, -ˈtɑl-, inˈtɑ ljɔ /




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A collection-based exhibition is now in the works, focusing on intaglio prints from the Renaissance to the present, likely to open in December.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 21, 2023

Lingscheit’s sparer work, in intaglio, includes a portrait of a jackalope family.

From Washington Post May 2, 2019

Hundreds of historical images of Manhattan are rendered in sumptuous color or in monochromatic plates produced by intaglio, the method used to print currency.

From New York Times Oct. 28, 2015

The figurative and the symbolic, the real and the surreal creep across Thomas Wood's intaglio prints.

From Seattle Times Jan. 18, 2012

Instead, I am staring at the pile of notes, at the soft wax impressions, an intaglio in reverse.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black

"I have one or two intagli of much beauty," said Tito.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 04 — Fiction by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir

But it were well that Messere should notify to thee what the gems are, together with the intagli they bear, as a warrant to Bartolommeo that they will be worthy of his attention.”

From Romola by Eliot, George

At Santa Maria in Organo, where are the wonderful intagli of Fra Giovanni da Verona, the sacristan fully shared our sorrow that the best pictures could not be unveiled as it was Holy Week.

From Italian Journeys by Howells, William Dean

LAMBETH—Shortly before the closing of the court, Mr. Septimus Luker, the well-known dealer in ancient gems, carvings, intagli, &c., &c., applied to the sitting magistrate for advice.

From The Moonstone by Collins, Wilkie

Antique cameos and intaglios abound in other decorations.

From New York Times Dec. 27, 2018

Along the charcoal-colored walls, armies of classical statuary and framed plaster intaglios offered a whiff of the Grand Tour.

From New York Times Sep. 19, 2018

Staff noticed a hidden drawer which contained about 30 items of jewellery, most with animal pictures on - called reverse crystal intaglios.

From BBC Jan. 31, 2018

Auctioneer James Laverack said reverse crystal intaglios were a popular form of jewellery "for both gentlemen and ladies in the Late Victorian and Edwardian period".

From BBC Jan. 31, 2018

Stairs, glasses, rings, cubes, and intaglios are among the objects commonly used to illustrate this type of illusion.

From Visual Illusions Their Causes, Characteristics and Applications by Luckiesh, Matthew




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