silverpoint

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S0411900 (sĭl′vər-point′)n.1. A technique of drawing on specially prepared paper with a silver-tipped instrument.2. A drawing made by use of this technique.

silverpoint

(ˈsɪlvəˌpɔɪnt) n (Art Terms) a drawing technique popular esp in the 15th and 16th centuries, using an instrument with a silver wire tip on specially prepared paper

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silverpoint - a drawing made on specially prepared paper with an instrument having a silver tip (15th and 16th centuries)drawing - a representation of forms or objects on a surface by means of lines; "drawings of abstract forms"; "he did complicated pen-and-ink drawings like medieval miniatures"

silverpoint

silverpoint,

method of drawing whereby a silver-tipped instrument is dragged across paper prepared with ground bone dust and gum water and then tinted with a pigment. The procedure results in drawings of extraordinary delicacy. It was used extensively in Europe from the late Middle Ages to the early 16th cent. The silverpoint instrument was a silver thread encased in wood, similar in design to a modern lead pencil. Among the foremost practitioners of the medium were Leonardo da Vinci and Albrecht Dürer.

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noun a drawing made on specially prepared paper with an instrument having a silver tip (15th and 16th centuries)

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