Crossword-Solution: CHALCOGRAPHY
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Chalcography | n. | The act or art of engraving on copper or brass, especially of engraving for printing. |
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| Engraving | 12 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
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discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
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Hint 2 anagram
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Previous to this, _Sculptura: or the History and Art of Chalcography and Engraving in Copper and Mezzo-tinto_, had been published in 1662, being the first work on this subject that had appeared in England.
The Italians commence the art with Maso, not from his master; the Germans are not content to date from Schön, but from his master, an advantage they either deny to Italy, and thus fail to draw an equal comparison; or if they concede the master, we still anticipate by ten years their origin of chalcography.
Alluding to the art of engraving, he says, "It would be sufficient to occasion our astonishment, that the ancients did not discover the art of chalcography, were it not known that DISCOVERIES OF THIS SORT generally occur ACCIDENTALLY to the mechanics in the exercise of their calling."[5] On this principle we may confidently rest.
Ottley hits none in his _History of Chalcography_; but a series of woodcuts so long after Albert Durer and Maso Fineguerra, so long before Bewick the revivalist’s time, would be deeply interesting.[10] Hogarth smarted under this injury, as well he might.