Kupferstich
copperplate engraving
noun KOOP-fer-shtikh Rare
Origin: from Kupfer (copper) and Stich (engraving)
Usage Note
Kupferstich is an intaglio print engraved with a burin into a copper plate, giving crisp lines. Distinguish from Radierung, where acid bites the lines instead.
Examples
"Der Kupferstich gibt die Architektur bis ins Detail wieder."
Natural Translation
The copperplate engraving renders the architecture down to the detail.
Literal Translation
The copperplate-engraving gives the architecture down into-the detail again.
Related Words
- Abguss cast, casting (plaster or metal replica of a sculpture)
- Abstraktion abstraction (non-representational art)
- Acrylfarbe acrylic paint
- Akanthus acanthus (decorative leaf motif)
- Akt nude
- Aktmalerei nude painting; figure painting
- Aktmodell life model; nude model (for drawing or painting)
- Aktzeichnung life drawing, figure drawing (of the nude)
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