Look up: sgraffito

1. Sgraffito
   Sgraffito or graffito is a method of decorating involving scratching through a layer of plaster to reveal a different coloured ground. Sgraffito is an ancient form of decorating, with examples being evident in the ruins of Pompeii.
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2. sgraffito
   [n] - a ceramic or mural decoration made by scratching off a surface layer to reveal the ground
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3. sgraffito
   In art, a linear method of decoration in which a surface is scratched through to reveal a different colour or texture underneath. There are prehistoric examples of its graphic use in Pyrenean caves....
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4. Sgraffito
   the technique of applying decoration to buildings by inscribing the finishing coat of a render to reveal the darker colour of the coat below. Sgraffito is Italian for 'scratches', and the process is sometimes refered to rather disparagingly as 'scratch work'. The term is the origin of the word...
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5. sgraffito
   Technique of creating a design on a pottery surface by scratching or scoring through an unfired slip coating to expose the darker body beneath. In 16thC sgraffito ware from the Bologna area of Italy, for example, designs were incised in the white slip coating to reveal a red clay ground. The technique has been much used throughout Europe since medi …
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6. Sgraffito
   Sgraf·fi'to adjective [ Italian ] (Paint.) Scratched; -- said of decorative painting of a certain style, in which a white overland surface is cut or scratched through, so as to form the design from a dark ground underneath.
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7. sgraffito
   noun a ceramic or mural decoration made by scratching off a surface layer to reveal the ground
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8. Sgraffito
   • (a.) Scratched; -- said of decorative painting of a certain style, in which a white overland surface is cut or scratched through, so as to form the design from a dark ground underneath.
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9. sgraffito
   (Italian: `scratched`), in the visual arts, a technique used in painting, pottery, and glass, which consists of putting down a preliminary surface, ... [1 related articles]
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10. sgraffito
    sgraffito: see graffito.
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11. SGRAFFITO
    Technique in which the surface layer is incised or cut away to reveal a contrasting color.
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12. sgraffito
    Technique of creating a design on a pottery surface by scratching or scoring through an unfired slip coating to expose the darker body beneath.
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13. SGRAFFITO
    Technique in which the surface layer is incised or cut away to reveal a contrasting color.
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14. Sgraffito
    , Austria. `Sgraffito` (plural: sgraffiti; sometimes spelt `scraffito`) is a technique either of wall decor, produced by applying layers of plaster tinted in contrasting colors to a moistened surface, or in ceramics, by applying to an unfired ceramic body two successive layers of contrasting ...
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