单词 | nature-printing |
释义 | nature-printingn. Now historical. The method or process of producing a print of a natural object, esp. a leaf, usually by pressing the object on to a prepared plate of lead or other material which is then used as a printing surface. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > printmaking > nature-printing > [noun] nature-printing1854 phytoglyphy1854 physiotypy1890 phytography1890 1854 (title) A few leaves represented by ‘Nature-Printing’, showing the application of the art for the reproduction of botanical and other natural objects. 1855 Notices Proc. Royal Inst. Great Brit. 2 106 The Art of Nature-Printing is a method of producing impressions of plants and other natural objects, in a manner so truthful that only a close inspection reveals the fact of their being copies. 1882 Cent. Mag. May 156/2 In nature-printing, as in copying leaves, mosses, laces and all kinds of raised fabrics, the leaf or fabric is laid on the sheet of celluloid and submitted to heat under considerable pressure. 1950 W. Blunt Art Bot. Illustr. xi. 141 Some of these works illustrated by nature printing have considerable charm, especially where the process has been used to record grasses, ferns and delicately formed plants. 1986 G. Uden Understanding Book-collecting 82 Henry Bradbury..had himself studied nature printing in Vienna. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > as lemmasnature-printing 5. nature-printing: see nature-printing n. < n.1854 as lemmas |
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