How to Use intaglio in a Sentence

intaglio

noun
  • The intaglio is now gray in color due to damage caused by an unknown fire.
    — David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 May 2021
  • Branca is equally fond of such quirky ephemera as wax and marble feet and antique intaglios.
    — Ingrid Abramovitch, ELLE Decor, 4 Aug. 2023
  • The dark green intaglio features the god Mars holding a spear and trophy.
    — Fox News, 24 Aug. 2019
  • Images and texts were engraved into the stone with a technique called intaglio.
    — Serdar Yalçin, The Conversation, 3 Nov. 2025
  • As a weapon, intaglio is more formidable than a water balloon.
    — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 19 July 2019
  • Curator Pontoni was drawn to his woodcuts and intaglio prints.
    — cleveland.com, 10 May 2018
  • The work is an example of intaglio rarely seen in the southwestern Arizona desert.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 6 May 2026
  • L'Amour Cupid is cast from a glass intaglio in 18K gold and set in a one-of-a-kind bezel.
    — Beth Bernstein, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2022
  • Instead of resting flat, the object’s back has an uneven surface, with a hole exposing the reverse of the intaglio.
    — David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 May 2021
  • Her solo show of paintings and intaglio prints are from an ongoing series that evokes the same dreamy ambiguity.
    — Briana Miller, oregonlive, 8 Sep. 2023
  • The motif took several days to complete, using the intaglio technique, according to Lange.
    — Carol Besler, Robb Report, 15 Aug. 2022
  • On this chalcedony intaglio from Greece, circa the 2nd or 3rd century BC, a nymph ties up her hair in a ribbon.
    — Vogue, 7 July 2017
  • The community also has an intaglio on the 1200 block of Riverside Drive.
    — Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2017
  • The tradition of intaglios goes back to the Sumerian period in Mesopotamia, where figures were gouged by hand into softer stone.
    — Franz Lidz, New York Times, 1 May 2023
  • An intaglio from the 1400s, for example might depict a sacrifice to the Roman god Janus.
    — Lia Picard, House Beautiful, 2 Apr. 2021
  • While the inventories of Joséphine’s jewels list numerous examples of her cameo and intaglio jewelry, there are few details of the contents.
    — Anthony Demarco, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2021
  • Other fanciful reverse intaglio painted pieces encased in clear rock crystal include the ‘Whales in Wonderland’ necklace.
    — Kyle Roderick, Forbes, 1 July 2022
  • For just over a year, her namesake brand, which often references ancient decorative arts, has been creating personalized intaglios in lapis, carnelian, onyx, jade or gold that can be set as rings or spinning pendants.
    — Caitie Kelly, New York Times, 27 Oct. 2023
  • Their experiences made a mark on jewelry design, reviving classical motifs and ancient goldsmithing techniques, as well as the use of cameos, intaglios, and micromosaics.
    — Stellene Volandes, Town & Country, 9 June 2023
  • Many historians date the reverse intaglio technique to 1860-era Belgium, as an artist there named Emile Marius signed some reverse intaglio pieces.
    — Kyle Roderick, Forbes, 1 July 2022
  • This association is present in the smallest of details on both tiaras -- namely the cameo and intaglio portraits of classical deities and ancient figures that Napoleon and Joséphine often wore, including on the former's coronation crown.
    — CNN, 3 Nov. 2021
  • The common 19th-century process involved etching a 3D design into a thin sheet of translucent wax or porcelain using traditional relief and intaglio printmaking techniques.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 31 Aug. 2022
  • Marc Auclert, a decorative arts historian whose Paris store, steps from Place Vendôme, is a treasure chest of ancient intaglios and cameos fashioned a new, points to the 19th century.
    — Stellene Volandes, Town & Country, 3 May 2018

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