Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In anc. metal-work, chased, carved, or embossed: noting, in general, all varieties of sculptured, modeled, or other art-work in metal.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Sculp.) In relief; pertaining to sculpture in relief, especially of metal; also, pertaining to chasing such as surface ornamentation in metal.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective art In
relief ; relating tosculpture in relief, especially ofmetal . - adjective Relating to
chasing such assurface ornamentation inmetal .
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek belonging to work in relief.
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Examples
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In a piece of toreutic art which is the best part? the silver or the workmanship?
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Striking similarities of form and artistic execution between the early glyptic and toreutic work of Ionia and Cilicia respectively have been mentioned in the last chapter; and it need only be added here, in conclusion, that if Cilicia had relations with Ionia as early as the opening of the seventh century -- relations sufficient to lead to alliance in war and to modification of native arts -- it is natural enough that she should be found allied a few years later with Lydia rather than with Media.
The Ancient East 1894
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