单词 | empaestic |
释义 | empaesticadj. Art and Architecture. Now rare. Of or relating to embossing or embossed ornamentation; (of ornamentation) embossed, stamped. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > [adjective] > executed or ornamented in relief emailled1480 bossed1536 embossed1541 protuberant1676 stamped1756 empaestic1838 1838 G. F. Waagen Wks. of Art & Artists in Eng. I. vi. 116 This kind of work was called by the ancients Empæstic. If the relievos are seen on the reverse, they appear as if they had been beaten out over moulds of some solid material, most probably wood. 1850 J. Leitch tr. K. O. Müller Ancient Art (new ed.) §173. 152 Embossed silver plates with ornaments of gold riveted on them (therefore works of the empæstic art [Ger. Werken der Empästik]). 1860 E. Falkener Dædalus vii. 144 Many beautiful specimens of empestic and toreutic bronze sculpture. 1896 A. D. F. Hamlin Text-bk. Hist. Archit. v. 40 Phoenician and Assyrian details and workmanship (cedar woodwork, empaistic decoration or overlaying with repoussé metal work, the isolated brazen columns Jachin and Boaz). 1996 H. F. Mallgrave Gottfried Semper iv. 297 The Greek Ionic style executed in stone..significantly advanced this ancient Asiatic empaestic technique artistically. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1838 |
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