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mez·zo·tint M0264000 (mĕt′sō-tĭnt′, mĕd′zō-, mĕz′ō-)n.1. A method of engraving a copper or steel plate by scraping and burnishing areas to produce effects of light and shadow.2. A print made from a plate engraved by mezzotint.
[Alteration of Italian mezzatinta, halftone : mezza, feminine of mezzo, half (from Latin medius; see medium) + tinta, tint, from feminine past participle of tingere, to tint (from Latin, to dye).]mezzotint (ˈmɛtsəʊˌtɪnt) or mezzotinton1. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) a method of engraving a copper plate by scraping and burnishing the roughened surface2. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) a print made from a plate so treatedvb (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) (tr) to engrave (a copper plate) in this fashion[C18: from Italian mezzotinto half tint] ˈmezzoˌtinter nmez•zo•tint (ˈmɛt soʊˌtɪnt, ˈmɛd zoʊ-, ˈmɛz oʊ-)
n. 1. a method of engraving on copper or steel by burnishing or scraping away a uniformly roughened surface. 2. a print produced by this method. v.t. 3. to engrave in mezzotint. [1730–40; < Italian mezzotinto half-tint. See mezzo, tint] mezzotint
Past participle: mezzotinted
Gerund: mezzotinting
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| I mezzotint | | you mezzotint | | he/she/it mezzotints | | we mezzotint | | you mezzotint | | they mezzotint |
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| I mezzotinted | | you mezzotinted | | he/she/it mezzotinted | | we mezzotinted | | you mezzotinted | | they mezzotinted |
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| I am mezzotinting | | you are mezzotinting | | he/she/it is mezzotinting | | we are mezzotinting | | you are mezzotinting | | they are mezzotinting |
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| I have mezzotinted | | you have mezzotinted | | he/she/it has mezzotinted | | we have mezzotinted | | you have mezzotinted | | they have mezzotinted |
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| I was mezzotinting | | you were mezzotinting | | he/she/it was mezzotinting | | we were mezzotinting | | you were mezzotinting | | they were mezzotinting |
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| I had mezzotinted | | you had mezzotinted | | he/she/it had mezzotinted | | we had mezzotinted | | you had mezzotinted | | they had mezzotinted |
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| I will mezzotint | | you will mezzotint | | he/she/it will mezzotint | | we will mezzotint | | you will mezzotint | | they will mezzotint |
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| I will have mezzotinted | | you will have mezzotinted | | he/she/it will have mezzotinted | | we will have mezzotinted | | you will have mezzotinted | | they will have mezzotinted |
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| I will be mezzotinting | | you will be mezzotinting | | he/she/it will be mezzotinting | | we will be mezzotinting | | you will be mezzotinting | | they will be mezzotinting |
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| I have been mezzotinting | | you have been mezzotinting | | he/she/it has been mezzotinting | | we have been mezzotinting | | you have been mezzotinting | | they have been mezzotinting |
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| I will have been mezzotinting | | you will have been mezzotinting | | he/she/it will have been mezzotinting | | we will have been mezzotinting | | you will have been mezzotinting | | they will have been mezzotinting |
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| I had been mezzotinting | | you had been mezzotinting | | he/she/it had been mezzotinting | | we had been mezzotinting | | you had been mezzotinting | | they had been mezzotinting |
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| I would mezzotint | | you would mezzotint | | he/she/it would mezzotint | | we would mezzotint | | you would mezzotint | | they would mezzotint |
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| I would have mezzotinted | | you would have mezzotinted | | he/she/it would have mezzotinted | | we would have mezzotinted | | you would have mezzotinted | | they would have mezzotinted |
mezzotintEngraving using tonal areas. A rocking tool creates a burred surface on the plate, which is smoothed away to leave the desired strength of image. Invented in the seventeenth century but rarely used since photographic ways of reproduction were invented.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  mezzotint - print produced by an engraving that has been scraped to represent light or shadeprint - a picture or design printed from an engraving |
TranslationsmezzotintenUK
mezzotint (mĕt`sətĭnt, mĕd`zə–, mĕz`ə–) [Ital.,=halftint], method of copper or steel engraving in tone. A Dutch officer, Ludwig von Siegen, is given credit for the invention of mezzotint c.1640. The process then came into prominence in England early in the 18th cent. Mezzotint involves uniform burring with a curved, sawtoothed tool by cradling it back and forth until the surface of the plate presents an all-over, even grain. This yields a soft effect in the print. The picture is developed in chiaroscuro with a scraper and a burnisher, every degree of light and shade from black to white being attainable. In pure mezzotint, no line drawing is employed, the result being soft without the sharp lines of an etching. Mezzotint was often used for the reproduction of paintings, particularly, in England, for landscapes and portraits. The process is essentially extinct today.Mezzotint a method of engraving on metal related to intaglio. In preparing the copper plate for mezzotint engraving, a burr is raised on its polished surface either mechanically or chemically. Such a rough plate will print an even black. The design is made on the plate (sometimes painted) with a needle or pencil; the areas intended to be light are smoothed or scraped, creating soft gradations from dark to light. Mezzotint engravings are distinguished by deep and velvety tonal qualities and the richness and subtlety of chiaroscuro effects. The mezzotint process is also used for color prints. Mezzotint was invented by the German master L. Von Siegan in the mid-17th century. It was popular in the 18th and early 19th centuries, particularly in England (J. R. Smith, V. Green, R. Earlom, J. Ward, and J. Walker). It was also widely used in France (J. C. Le Blon), Russia (I. Shtenglin, I. A. Selivanov), and other countries. Mezzotint was used primarily for the reproduction of paintings. A. S. ZAITSEV mezzotint[′met·sə‚tint] (graphic arts) An engraving process in which a copper or steel plate is first entirely roughened by rubbing Carborundum between it and another plate and by using a steel chisel with an edge set with minute teeth which rock into the plate at various angles; the rough-grain plate is burnished with a steel instrument to produce appropriate white areas of the design. mezzotintenUK
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