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mezzotint

/met-soh-tint, med-zoh-, mez-oh-/US // ˈmɛt soʊˌtɪnt, ˈmɛd zoʊ-, ˈmɛz oʊ- //UK // (ˈmɛtsəʊˌtɪnt) //

颜料,颜料的使用,颜料的使用方法

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a method of engraving on copper or steel by burnishing or scraping away a uniformly roughened surface.
    • : a print produced by this method.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to engrave in mezzotint.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • We were taken to the top storey, where Haden was working on the mezzotint of the Breaking up of the Agamemnon.

  • Line-engraving is now practically obsolete, while etching and mezzotint have recently come more and more to the front.

  • In these etching merely provides the ground plan for the use of mezzotint, or, more rarely, aquatint.

  • By this combination a plate will produce a larger number of good impressions than it would if it were done entirely in mezzotint.

  • Mezzotint engraving is the art of engraving on metal in tones.