subjectilen.adj.
/səbˈdʒɛktʌɪl/, U.S. /səbˈdʒɛktl/, /səbˈdʒɛkˌtaɪl/ A. n.
The material on which a painting, engraving, etc., is made. Also figurative.Apparently rare in the early 20th cent. Subsequently more frequently figurative with reference to Derrida's use (cf. quot. 19981).
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > writing > writing materials > material to write on > [noun]
subjectile1845
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > equipment for painting or drawing > [noun] > surface for painting or drawing
tablea1387
tablet1395
subjectile1845
excipient1855
support1892
1845 L. Osborn Handbk. Young Artists in Oilpainting vi. vi. 277 Many of the most celebrated painters.., in avoiding the coldness of a white or a grayish ground for their subjectiles, have gone into the other extreme by choosing one of light or of deep red ochre.
1848 N. Amer. Rev. Jan. 133 At the proper distance, the canvas or other subjectile of a well-painted picture is never seen or felt to exist.
1859 T. J. Gullick & J. Timbs Painting 126 The metal..served as a subjectile to the opaque painting.
1873 B. Palliser tr. A. Jacquemart Hist. Ceramic Art iv. i. 200 Papyrus, a rare and dear material, was the only subjectile fit to receive writing.
1981 SubStance 10 53 Ryman..creates a surface from the deliberate multiplicity of subjectiles he invents (mylar, Bristol-board, crinkled or waxed paper,..etc.).
1998 M. A. Caws tr. J. Derrida in J. Derrida & P. Thévenin Secret Art Antonin Artaud 59 (title) To unsense the subjectile [1986 Fr. Forcener le subjectile].
1998 M. A. Caws tr. J. Derrida in J. Derrida & P. Thévenin Secret Art Antonin Artaud 61 On September 23, 1932, he [sc. Artaud] concludes a letter..like this: ‘Herewith a bad drawing in which what is called the subjectile betrayed me.’ Wait a minute: a subjectile can betray?
2009 G. Bennington tr. J. Derrida Beast & Sovereign xi. 276 This table has become the base, the support, the subjectile of a body in some amphitheatrical theater.
B. adj.
Forming the subjectile for painting, engraving, etc. Also figurative. rare.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > printmaking > [adjective] > adapted for making print on
subjectile1881
1881 Oracles 5 Nov. 294 The previous modes of printing in which the ink is contained in incisions..or upon reliefs..and transferred thence to the paper or other subjectile material by pressure.
1892 Dublin Rev. Jan. 132 The subjectile material was at first strips or sheets of the soft inner bark of the linden tree.
2009 M. Marder Event of Thing iv. 129 A thing that is decidedly not natural, a subjectile support of the signifier.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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