See figs. 241, 243, 254, 276, 279, 280, 495.
In relation to bronzes, the process of decorating the surface by removing material with a chisel, burin, or graver that creates a V-shaped groove.
Note: Engraving may be undertaken in the process, and/or to form or enhance signatures. See I.6§2.3.
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Figure 241
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Figure 243
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Figure 254
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Figure 276
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Figure 279
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Figure 495
Sources
Cultural Heritage: Beale, Arthur. 1975. “A Technical View of Nineteenth-Century Sculpture.” In Metamorphoses in Nineteenth-Century Sculpture, 28–55. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press., 43
Copper Industry: Brunhuber, Ernst. 1988. Gießerei-Fachwörterbuch = Foundry Dictionary. 4th ed. Berlin: Schiele & Schön.; Maskinaktiebolaget Karlebo. 1982. Technical Dictionary: Swedish, German, English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Finnish, Serbo-Croatian, Turkish, Greek, Russian: Covering Technical Terms in the Field of Machine Tools, Small Tools, and Foundry. Stockholm: Maskinaktiebolaget Karlebo.
Art and Craft Textbook: Untracht, Oppi. 1982. Jewelry: Concepts and Technology. London: Robert Hale., 283
General Dictionary: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/engraving
To Be Distinguished From
- chasing
Translations
French:
gravure
Technique de décoration des bronzes par enlèvement de matière à l’aide de burins.
Sources
Cultural Heritage: Baudry, Marie Thérèse, and Dominique Bozo. 1978. La sculpture: Méthode et vocabulaire. Principes d’analyse scientifique. Paris: Impr. nationale., 578
Copper Industry: Brunhuber, Ernst. 1988. Gießerei-Fachwörterbuch = Foundry Dictionary. 4th ed. Berlin: Schiele & Schön.; Maskinaktiebolaget Karlebo. 1982. Technical Dictionary: Swedish, German, English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Finnish, Serbo-Croatian, Turkish, Greek, Russian: Covering Technical Terms in the Field of Machine Tools, Small Tools, and Foundry. Stockholm: Maskinaktiebolaget Karlebo.
Art and Craft Textbook: Hamm, Georges. 1924. Manuel du bronze d’art, ciselure et gravure. Paris: Librairie J.-B. Baillière et fils.
German:
gravieren
Source
Brunhuber, Ernst. 1988. Gießerei-Fachwörterbuch = Foundry Dictionary. 4th ed. Berlin: Schiele & Schön.
Alternate Translation
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Gravur
Sources: Weihrauch, Hans Robert. 1944. “Bronze, Bronzeguß, Bronzeplastik.” In Reallexikon zur Deutschen Kunstgeschichte, 2:1182–216. http://www.rdklabor.de/w/?oldid=92409.; Brunhuber, Ernst. 1988. Gießerei-Fachwörterbuch = Foundry Dictionary. 4th ed. Berlin: Schiele & Schön.; Maskinaktiebolaget Karlebo. 1982. Technical Dictionary: Swedish, German, English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Finnish, Serbo-Croatian, Turkish, Greek, Russian: Covering Technical Terms in the Field of Machine Tools, Small Tools, and Foundry. Stockholm: Maskinaktiebolaget Karlebo.
Italian:
incisione
Sources
“Treccani - La Cultura Italiana - Enciclopedia.” n.d. Accessed April 4, 2023. https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/., under incisione [definition 1]; Battaglia, S. 1961. Grande dizionario della lingua italiana. Edited by Giorgio Bárberi Squarotti. Turin, Italy: Unione tipografico-editrice torinese. http://www.gdli.it/., under incisione [definition 8, vol. 7, 686]; Brunhuber, Ernst. 1988. Gießerei-Fachwörterbuch = Foundry Dictionary. 4th ed. Berlin: Schiele & Schön.; Maskinaktiebolaget Karlebo. 1982. Technical Dictionary: Swedish, German, English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Finnish, Serbo-Croatian, Turkish, Greek, Russian: Covering Technical Terms in the Field of Machine Tools, Small Tools, and Foundry. Stockholm: Maskinaktiebolaget Karlebo.
Chinese: 阴刻
Source
TNATD
Alternate Translation
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雕刻
Sources: Ming Juxin | 明举新. 2001. 汉英冶金工业词典 = Han ying yejin gongye cidian = A Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary of Metallurgical Industry. 3rd ed. 长沙市: 中南大学出版社 = Changsha shi: Zhongnan daxue chuban she [Zhong Nan University Press]., 310; TNATD