单词 | ganosis |
释义 | ganosisn. (See quots.) ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > sculpture or carving > [noun] > processes or techniques hatchet work1697 bossage1704 rusticating1749 boasting1823 chiselling1835 marmotinto1844 pointing1845 modelling1865 petroglyphy1882 pointillé1893 ganosis1911 1896 E. Sellers in K. Jex-Blake tr. Pliny's Hist. Art 157/2 The process [sc. circumlitio, a kind of painting] must be kept distinct from the γάνωσις or toning down of the whole statue.] 1911 Encycl. Brit. XX. 485/2 When the plaster wall surface has been carefully smoothed it must be anointed with a mixture of wax, resin and oil, which is to be driven in by heat, and then polished till the surface shines like a mirror. This is a classical process referred to by Vitruvius under the name ‘ganosis’, as applied to the nude parts of marble statues, possibly to tone down the cold whiteness of the material. 1962 R. G. Haggar Dict. Art Terms 147/2 Ganosis, the removal of the dead-white surface of Greek sculpture by applying beeswax and polishing with a cloth, which gives a warm, buttery complexion to the marble. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < |
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