单词 | craquelure |
释义 | craqueluren. A network of small cracks in the paint or varnish on the surface of a painting. Also transferred and figurative. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > condition or preservation of paintings > [noun] > cracking or wrinkling > cracks or wrinkles craquelure1914 curtains1922 1914 C. Bell Art 169 He will put up with a cunning concoction of dates and watermarks, cabalistic signatures, craquelure, patina, [etc.]. 1934 Burlington Mag. Jan. 3/2 Certain areas of the picture..have been largely repainted; the craquelure ceasing abruptly. 1942 Antiquity 16 99 When the incrustation [on silver] is appreciably thick, there is considerable surface expansion and consequent craquelure. 1956 M. Swan Paradise Garden ii. 24 Marcus left the aesthetic aspect of a work of art unexpressed, but remembered sizes, colours, craquelures and iconography. 1963 P. H. Johnson Night & Silence ii. 6 A craquelure of rose upon his cheeks. 1969 Times Lit. Suppl. 6 Nov. 1272/3 The craquelure in the Westminster pictures goes through the signatures on both panels. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1914 |
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