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enamelwork — e·nam·el·work (ĭ nămʹəl wûrk ) n. 1. Decorative work done in enamel. 2. Enamelware. * * * Metal objects decorated with an opaque glaze fused to the surface by intense heat. The resulting surface is hard and durable and can be brilliantly… … Universalium
enamelwork — n. metalware which has been coated with enamel … English contemporary dictionary
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metalwork — metalworker, n. /met l werrk /, n. objects made of metal. [1840 50; METAL + WORK] * * * Useful and decorative objects fashioned of various metals. The oldest technique is hammering. After с 2500 BC, casting was also used, molten metal being… … Universalium
cloisonné — /kloy zeuh nay /; Fr. /klwann zaw nay /, n. 1. enamelwork in which colored areas are separated by thin metal bands fixed edgewise to the ground. adj. 2. pertaining to, forming, or resembling cloisonné or the pattern of cloisonné. [1860 65; < F,… … Universalium
arts, the — also called fine arts modes of expression that use skill or imagination in the creation of aesthetic objects, environments, or experiences that can be shared with others. Traditional categories within the arts include literature… … Universalium
Toutin, Jean — ▪ French artist born 1578, Châteaudun, Eure et Loire, France died June 14, 1644, Paris French enamelworker (enamelwork) who was one of the first artists to make enamel portrait miniatures (enamel miniature). Although the art of… … Universalium
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Sutton Hoo — restored). Although based on helmets of the spangenhelm type, the immediate comparisons are with contemporary Vendel Age helmets from eastern Sweden.] Sutton Hoo near Woodbridge, Suffolk, England, is the site of two Anglo Saxon cemeteries of the… … Wikipedia
Romanesque art — refers to the art of Western Europe from approximately 1000 AD to the rise of the Gothic style in the 13th century, or later, depending on region. The preceding period is increasingly known as the Pre Romanesque. The term was invented by 19th… … Wikipedia
