Tarsia
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Intarsia. countable, uncountable
"1849, Mary Philadelphia Merrifield, Original Treatises: Dating from the XIIth to XVIIIth Centuries on the Arts of Painting, in Oil, Miniature, Mosaic, and on Glass, republished 1999 [1967], Medieval and Renaissance Treatises on the Arts of Painting: Original Texts with English Translations, page lviii, Tarsia work was frequently employed in decorating the choirs of churches, as well as the backs of the seats and the wainscotings. It was also used in the panels of doors."
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More examples"1849, Mary Philadelphia Merrifield, Original Treatises: Dating from the XIIth to XVIIIth Centuries on the Arts of Painting, in Oil, Miniature, Mosaic, and on Glass, republished 1999 [1967], Medieval and Renaissance Treatises on the Arts of Painting: Original Texts with English Translations, page lviii, Tarsia work was frequently employed in decorating the choirs of churches, as well as the backs of the seats and the wainscotings. It was also used in the panels of doors."
Etymology
From Italian, from intarsiare.
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