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intaglio

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




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This Roman glass intaglio depicts the god Jupiter as an eagle.

From New York Times ● Feb. 15, 2024

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

Sediles also is showing some abstract intaglio prints, bold and monochromatic, and two sketchy acrylics that follow the traditional wide-angle approach.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 17, 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 Sir John Alexander Hammerton

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 William Dean Howells

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 Wilkie Collins

Antonio Pucci, in the eighty-fifth canto of his Centiloquio, distinctly states that Giotto carved the earlier ones, i primi intagli fe con bello stile, and Pucci was almost Giotto's contemporary.

From The Story of Florence by Edmund G. Gardner

These intagli would be interesting relics for collectors of such flotsam and jetsam of a ruined dynasty. 

From Pickle the Spy; Or, the Incognito of Prince Charles by Andrew Lang

The delicate intaglios, fashioned from amethyst, jasper and carnelian, range in diameter from 5 millimeters to 16 millimeters — bigger than a pencil eraser, smaller than a dime.

From New York Times ● May 1, 2023

The tradition of intaglios goes back to the Sumerian period in Mesopotamia, where figures were gouged by hand into softer stone.

From New York Times ● May 1, 2023

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

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

It is interesting to find instances of the use of antique intaglios for the purpose by some of them.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" by Various




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