intaglio
Sunken design technique
Intaglio is a printmaking technique where the image is incised into a surface, with ink held in the recessed lines rather than on the raised portions.
The term covers etching, engraving, and similar methods.
More broadly, intaglio describes any design cut into a hard material—the opposite of relief or cameo, where the design projects outward: an intaglio seal, an intaglio gem.
Flat dish for food
- pressApply force downward
- impressionEffect on the mind
- proofDemonstration of truth
- editionSingle published version
ink · paper · matrix · state · artist's proof · roller · wiping · inking
Carving into hard surfaces
- burinPointed engraving implement
- incisingCutting into material
- copperplateFormal looped penmanship
- aquatintTonal etching process
drypoint · mezzotint · stipple · cross-hatching · biting · acid · gouge · incision
Cut to create form
- cameoBrief guest appearance
- sealAuthentication stamp or mark
- signetEngraved personal seal
- onyxLayered black-white gemstone
agate · sardonyx · carnelian · jasper · cabochon · bezel · engraved · incised
Descended beneath water level
- recessedSet back into something
- incisedCut into surface
- bas-reliefSculpture projecting slightly
- carvedCut to create form
depressed · hollowed · countersunk · die · mold · stamp · embossing · debossing
Of a prim era
- EdwardianOf early twentieth-century Britain
- vintageQuality from past eras
- heirloomInherited family treasure
- collectibleObject worth amassing
patina · provenance · restoration · conservation · antiquarian · historic · artifact · time-worn
plate
Flat dish for food
- pressApply force downward
- impressionEffect on the mind
- proofDemonstration of truth
edition · ink · paper · matrix · state · artist's proof · roller · wiping · inking · dampened
engraving
Carving into hard surfaces
- burinPointed engraving implement
- incisingCutting into material
- copperplateFormal looped penmanship
aquatint · drypoint · mezzotint · stipple · cross-hatching · biting · acid · gouge · incision · rocker
carved
Cut to create form
onyx · agate · sardonyx · carnelian · jasper · cabochon · bezel · engraved · incised · lapidary
sunken
Descended beneath water level
- recessedSet back into something
- incisedCut into surface
- bas-reliefSculpture projecting slightly
carved · depressed · hollowed · countersunk · die · mold · stamp · embossing · debossing · negative
Victorian
Of a prim era
- EdwardianOf early twentieth-century Britain
- vintageQuality from past eras
- heirloomInherited family treasure
collectible · patina · provenance · restoration · conservation · antiquarian · historic · artifact · time-worn · authenticity
- currencydollar, euro, pound, yen, peso
- art techniquespainting, drawing, sketching, shading, blending
- artworksoil painting, watercolor, portrait, drawing, sketch
- carvingcarve, carved, whittle, whittled, chisel
- sealsharbor seal, gasket, o-ring, O-ring, airtight seal
- art termspainting, sculpture, drawing, portrait, landscape
intaglioletterpress
Printing from raised surfaces
relief · raised relief · woodcut · linocut · flexography
intagliocameo
Brief guest appearance
relief · raised relief · bas-relief · high relief · relief carving