silverpoint
IPA: sˈɪɫvɝpɔɪnt
noun
- (uncountable) A traditional technique for drawing by dragging a silvern rod or wire across a surface, often prepared with gesso or primer.
- (countable) An artwork produced by this technique.
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Examples of "silverpoint" in Sentences
- I was particularly interested in her silverpoint drawings, a method I knew nothing about.
- She seized a silverpoint and a notebook from her medicine-bag and wrote down her speculations.
- The numbers are impressive on both counts - these have to be two of the most successful companies ever created. — silverpoint
- The term "Old Master drawings" applies to works on paper made between the 15th and 19th century, typically in chalk, pen, silverpoint, ink, pencil, watercolor, or washes.
- A BLAZE of lightning blanched the grey woods tracing all the wrinkled foliage down to the last curled leaf, as if every detail were drawn in silverpoint or graven in silver.
- Mostly intimate pen and ink, but with some exceptions like the silverpoint "Saskia in a Straw Hat" (1633), they're as timeless and lyrical as a Raphael study and as up to date as, a fashion-designer sketch.
- An editor at Harry N. Abrams was a fan of the comic-book version but felt that the original printing didn't do justice to Mr. Muth's eerie and evocative drawings, which were made in silverpoint, graphite, pastel and oils.
- Art historians will remember that these precocious painters aren't an exclusively 21st century phenomenon: Pablo Picasso showed unusual promise at the age of 8 with his bullfighter painting "Picador," while Dürer crafted a strikingly precise silverpoint self-portrait at 13.
- Art historians will remember that these precocious painters aren't an exclusively 21st century phenomenon: Pablo Picasso showed unusual promise at the age of 8 with his bullfighter painting "Picador," while Dürer crafted a strikingly precise silverpoint self-portrait at 13.
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