单词 | toreutic art |
释义 | > as lemmastoreutic art Of or pertaining to toreutics (see B.); chiefly in toreutic art = toreutics; also, of figures, etc., executed according to the toreutic art; of an artist, working in toreutics. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > artistic work in metal > [adjective] > metal or ivory toreutic1837 1837 Antiq. Athens 38 The Minerva of the Parthenon, also by Phidias, wrought in ivory and gold, the noblest example of the toreutic art. 1854 Gantillon tr. Propertius Elegies 87 (note) Mys.—A toreutic artist who lived b.c. 444. 1874 Edinb. Rev. July 187 The best toreutic representations of children are those of the Flemish artist du Quesnoy. 1910 D. G. Hogarth in Encycl. Brit. I. 248/2 The..free sculpture and toreutic handiwork of Crete. < as lemmas |
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