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SILVER POINT [1 record]

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Record 1 1987-06-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Art Supplies
  • Painting (Arts)
DEF

A pointed rod of silver, which, when drawn across paper that has been specially coated with white pigment, leaves minute particles of the metal embedded in the surface, producing a graphish line that becomes darker in time as the silver tarnishes...

OBS

Also a drawing so made. The color and delicacy of the lines in silver-point drawings have always been admired.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel d'artistes
  • Peinture (Arts)
DEF

Stylet ou barrette d'argent effilée (de 3 à 4 cm de long), maintenus dans un manche de bois, utilisés jusqu'à la Renaissance pour dessiner sur un papier ou un parchemin obligatoirement recouvert d'un enduit à base de poudre d'os mêlée d'eau, de gomme arabique et de couleurs; d'où le nom de carta-tinta (papier préparé).

Spanish

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