intaglio - Definition from the VISUAL topic - ARTS

Topic: VISUAL

Date:	1600-1700
Language:	Italian
Origin:	intagliare 'to cut in'

intaglio
noun

in‧ta‧gli‧o See pronunciation table in "How to use dictionary" pages

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plural intaglios [uncountable and countable]

AV the art of cutting patterns into a hard substance, or the pattern that you get by doing this

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