Relationships Narrower Term:  engraving etching Distinguish From:  relief image n. ~ A technique of carving or cutting a design into a surface.

"incised engraving" (as opposed to carving in relief), 1640s, from Italian intaglio "engraved work" (plural intagli), from intagliare "to cut in, engrave," from in- " [..]

A type of print made by first applying a “ground” (an acid-resistant coating) to a metal plate. The artist then uses different types of special tools to remove the ground wherever they desire, and the [..]

Gemstone carved into a cameo, but instead of the engraving raised above the background, as in the cameo, the engraving is etched into the background. Intaglios were once used as royal seals.

design cut into a hard surface.

Intaglio describes any  printmaking technique in which the image is produced by incising into the printing plate – the incised line or area holds the ink and creates the image

A printing process in which the image is incised or etched into a metal plate using a variety of techniques and tools. Ink is applied to the recessed areas of the printing plate by wiping, dabbing, or [..]

Type or design etched into a metal plate as opposed to raised letters as in letterpress.

"Italian for ""in recess.'' A form of printing in which the inked image is produced by that portion of the plate sunk below the surface. Line engraving and gravure are forms o [..]

From the Italian intagliare, meaning "to cut in." A printing technique used mainly for graphic purposes in which the areas to be printed are engraved or etched below the surface level of a p [..]

A printing process used in the production of security documents in which high printing pressure and special inks are used to create a relief image with tactile feel on the surface of the document.

(n) a printing process that uses an etched or engraved plate; the plate is smeared with ink and wiped clean, then the ink left in the recesses makes the print(n) glyptic art consisting of a sunken or [..]

in printmaking, a general term for printing from a metal plate (eg etching, engraving, aquatint, mezzotint or drypoint) in which incised or etched lines receive ink rather than the surface of the plat [..]

Gemstone carved into a cameo, but instead of the engraving raised above the background, as in the cameo, the engraving is etched into the background. Intaglios were used as royal seals.

Italian for "carving", an Intaglio is a carved gem wherein the design is engraved or carved into the object so that it sits below the surface plane of the material, as opposed to a cameo in which the design is raised from its background, in relief. This technique was often used for seals, which made a raised impression in wax used to seal [..]

An incised carving, with the design cut below the surface of the material.

A gemstone engraved below the surface so that the apparent elevations of the design are hollowed out and an impression from the design yields an image in relief. The background is not cut away, but is [..]

See Collagraph/Intaglio Print

Intaglio is a family of printmaking techniques in which the image is incised into a surface, known as the matrix or plate. Normally, copper or zinc plates are used as a surface, and the incisions are [..]

Intaglio printing is the opposite of relief printing, in that the image is cut or incised into a metal plate with various tools or with acids. The wide variety of methods used gives this medium its en [..]

A printmaking process in which a design is cut, scratched or etched into a printing surface of copper, zinc or aluminum. Ink is then rubbed into the incisions or grooves, the surface is wiped clean an [..]

A general term covering the printing process such as engraving, aquiant, mezzotint, etching. Any process in which the image is cut, engraved or etched below the surface of the plate.

A printing process in which the image is manually incised or chemically etched into a metal plate using a variety of techniques and tools. The paper receives the ink from the incised recessed marks an [..]

a way of printing when the colour is kept in the line and the furrow which are dug up or etched in the surface (gravure).

Design that is impressed into its base material.

  The art of carving a shell or similar matter beneath its background. An intaglio is the opposite of a cameo. Iridescence

(etching, engraving, drypoint,  aquatint, photogravure, photoetching); relief

There are several different printing techniques and types of print making. Intaligio is one of them, and is a type of etching and related to drypoint. The intended image is incised into the surface an [..]

A decorative technique in which a design is cut into a hard surface. Intaglio is also the Italian word for carving.

An image derived from a repeatable matrix in which the ink is printed from beneath the surface. This may include etching, drypoint, engraving, Solarplate, and ImagOn. A way of printing (intaglio wipe) in which ink is deposited across a matrix and then wiped off leaving it in the areas below the surface.

Method of printings in which special ink is doctored into recessed cells that are engraved or etched into the printing plate, and the ink is transferred to paper while pressed into the plate surface i [..]

There are several techniques in printmaking that are referred to as the intaglio process. What they all have in common is that the image is printed on paper from a design that has been incised or etch [..]