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mezzotint

[met-soh-tint, med-zoh-, mez-oh-] / ˈmɛt soʊˌtɪnt, ˈmɛd zoʊ-, ˈmɛz oʊ- /




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An eighteenth-century mezzotint of a bust of Galen, by John Faber after a drawing by Peter Paul Rubens.Credit:

From Nature • Aug. 19, 2018

The lovers shown in Martin Langford’s mezzotint, “Remote,” are kissing passionately — but the man’s main focus is on a TV remote he’s operating behind his lover’s back.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 6, 2017

Look at James's "Casting the Runes", in which an advertisement in an "electric tram" brings the first shudder, or how a doll's house, a mezzotint or hotel bedsheets can become eldritch.

From The Guardian • Nov. 7, 2012

In the painting he gave her a madly un-Quakerish gown copied, right down to the rose in the décolletage, from a mezzotint print of an aristocratic portrait by Joshua Reynolds.

From New York Times • Jan. 16, 2012

Turner was engaged upon the series of pictures for his Liber Studiorum when he suddenly realised the value of mezzotint engraving.

From Engraving for Illustration Historical and Practical Notes by Kirkbride, Joseph




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