mezzotint
IPA: mɛtsoʊtˈɪnt
noun
- A form of intaglio etching in which a metal plate is roughened evenly and then smoothed to bring out an image.
- An etching or print made using this method.
verb
- To make such etchings
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Examples of "mezzotint" in Sentences
- I hadn't realized this was a mezzotint copy.
- I like it that way too, looks like a mezzotint.
- He also experimented with the mezzotint technique.
- The soft image quality is like that of a mezzotint.
- As a mezzotint engraver Smith occupies the very highest rank.
- The other is a mezzotint published in 1826 but is not on display.
- This artist was one of the earliest mezzotint engravers in England.
- The mezzotint engraving appears fluid, with broad sweeps of detail.
- Several scholars have suggested that mezzotint and aquatint were also used.
- There is a very fine mezzotint engraving of this portrait by Charles Turner.
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