单词 | skeuomorph |
释义 | skeuomorphn. 1. An ornament or ornamental design on an artefact resulting from the nature of the material used or the method of working it. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > pattern or design > [noun] > others popinjay1322 serpent1388 moss-work1600 flame1602 frostwork1631 damask branch1634 mascaron1664 lacework1675 swash1680 branch-work1702 escallop-shella1706 festoon work1712 ovum1728 bricking1760 rising sun1787 ram's horn1842 linen-pattern1845 linen-scroll1854 wheel-rood1862 primal1875 patch ornament1878 tree1879 wheel-cross1882 skeuomorph1889 linenfold1891 taotie1915 boteh1917 pelta1935 starburst1953 quilling1972 towel-pattern- 1889 H. Colley March in Trans. Lancs. & Cheshire Antiquarian Soc. 7 166 The forms of ornament demonstrably due to structure require a name. If those taken from animals are called zoomorphs, and those from plants phyllomorphs, it will be convenient to call those derived from structure, skeuomorphs. 1979 Nature 6 Dec. 632/2 So-called ‘skeuomorphs’ in architecture that involve conversion of originally necessary features into purely decorative patterns. 2. An object or feature copying the design of a similar artefact in another material. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > work of art > [noun] > types of > copy > in another material translation?a1439 skeuomorph1938 1938 Proc. Prehistoric Soc. 4 82 This necklace type is best known in jet from northern Britain, where it has..provided the type of which the gold lunula is a skeuomorph. 1943 Antiquity XVII. 7 Stone skeuomorphs of wooden fences. 1977 [see skeuomorphic adj. at Derivatives]. 1981 Chartered Mechanical Engineer Sept. 20/3 ‘Skeuomorphs’ seem to be very common in motor car design, particularly where changes are made from ferrous metals to non-ferrous metals or plastics. Derivatives skeuoˈmorphic adj. of, pertaining to, decorated with, or having the character of a skeuomorph or skeuomorphs. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > pattern or design > [adjective] > others horned1382 branched1509 filleted1611 serpentiferous1743 honeycombed1855 skeuomorphic1889 thistledown1889 Paisley1913 1889 H. Colley March in Trans. Lancs. & Cheshire Antiquarian Soc. 7 168 The transfer of thong-work from the flint axe, where it was functional, to the bronze celt, where it was skeuomorphic. 1895 A. C. Haddon Evol. Art 6 The reader is referred to the section on skeuomorphic pottery. 1905 A. S. Griffith tr. J. Capart Prim. Art Egypt iii. 59 The designs..borrowed from animals (zoomorphic designs), from the human figure (anthropomorphic), and occasionally from manufactured objects (skeuomorphic). 1928 R. A. S. Macalister Archæol. of Ireland vi. 277 Celtic interlacement..is skeuomorphic; that is, it is derived from the patterns produced by a technical process—in this case, by weaving. 1930 J. L. Myres Who were the Greeks? viii. 464 When a potter, working in red clay..fashions clay vessels so that..they resemble metal work or leather work or basketry..his style is ‘skeuomorphic’. 1951 B. Z. Seligman Notes & Queries Anthropol. (ed. 6) iii. 311 Note whether the design is..skeuomorphic. 1959 J. D. Evans Malta iii. 127 The skeuomorphic carving of some of the inner halls of the rock-cut monument of Hal Saflieni. 1977 T. Shaw Unearthing Igbo-Ukwu 15 When something is originally made in one material and is then translated into another, but by its form and decoration reveals the original model which it imitates, this is called a ‘skeuomorph’, and the object in the new material is said to be ‘skeuomorphic’. Thus the bronze pot described is skeuomorphic of an ordinary pottery vessel. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1889 |
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