Definition of sgraffito in English:

sgraffito

nounPlural sgraffiti sɡraˈfiːtəʊzɡräˈfētō

mass noun

A form of decoration made by scratching through a surface to reveal a lower layer of a contrasting colour, typically done in plaster or stucco on walls, or in slip on ceramics before firing.
（壁画、陶瓷等的）五彩拉毛粉饰（法）
Example sentencesExamples
- He, too, has worked very large and with heroic, mythic narratives, but once again, seems to take an ironical stance toward monumentality by his use of magnified sgraffito and scrawled imagery.
- In tempera painting the most spectacular technique to combine gilding and paint is that of sgraffito, most often used to depict cloth of gold.
- It occupies the entire 6-foot-high composition, with ink spatters, sgraffito and handprints enlivening the surface.
- Façades were further decorated with virtuoso sgraffiti, the top layer of plaster etched away to reveal a contrasting colour beneath.
- Here the last vestiges of the figurative, a few delicately poised hands, flowers and shells, are subsumed into patterned and highly coloured surfaces of glazes, scumbles, impasto, sgraffito, stipples, dots and splodges of paint.

Origin

Mid 18th century: Italian, literally 'scratched away', past participle of sgraffiare.

Definition of sgraffito in US English:

sgraffito

nounzɡräˈfētō

A form of decoration made by scratching through a surface to reveal a lower layer of a contrasting color, typically done in plaster or stucco on walls, or in slip on ceramics before firing.
（壁画、陶瓷等的）五彩拉毛粉饰（法）
Example sentencesExamples
- Here the last vestiges of the figurative, a few delicately poised hands, flowers and shells, are subsumed into patterned and highly coloured surfaces of glazes, scumbles, impasto, sgraffito, stipples, dots and splodges of paint.
- He, too, has worked very large and with heroic, mythic narratives, but once again, seems to take an ironical stance toward monumentality by his use of magnified sgraffito and scrawled imagery.
- It occupies the entire 6-foot-high composition, with ink spatters, sgraffito and handprints enlivening the surface.
- In tempera painting the most spectacular technique to combine gilding and paint is that of sgraffito, most often used to depict cloth of gold.
- Façades were further decorated with virtuoso sgraffiti, the top layer of plaster etched away to reveal a contrasting colour beneath.

Origin

Mid 18th century: Italian, literally ‘scratched away’, past participle of sgraffiare.

词汇	sgraffito
释义	Definition of sgraffito in English: sgraffito nounPlural sgraffiti sɡraˈfiːtəʊzɡräˈfētō mass noun A form of decoration made by scratching through a surface to reveal a lower layer of a contrasting colour, typically done in plaster or stucco on walls, or in slip on ceramics before firing. （壁画、陶瓷等的）五彩拉毛粉饰（法） Example sentencesExamples He, too, has worked very large and with heroic, mythic narratives, but once again, seems to take an ironical stance toward monumentality by his use of magnified sgraffito and scrawled imagery. In tempera painting the most spectacular technique to combine gilding and paint is that of sgraffito, most often used to depict cloth of gold. It occupies the entire 6-foot-high composition, with ink spatters, sgraffito and handprints enlivening the surface. Façades were further decorated with virtuoso sgraffiti, the top layer of plaster etched away to reveal a contrasting colour beneath. Here the last vestiges of the figurative, a few delicately poised hands, flowers and shells, are subsumed into patterned and highly coloured surfaces of glazes, scumbles, impasto, sgraffito, stipples, dots and splodges of paint. Origin Mid 18th century: Italian, literally 'scratched away', past participle of sgraffiare. Definition of sgraffito in US English: sgraffito nounzɡräˈfētō A form of decoration made by scratching through a surface to reveal a lower layer of a contrasting color, typically done in plaster or stucco on walls, or in slip on ceramics before firing. （壁画、陶瓷等的）五彩拉毛粉饰（法） Example sentencesExamples Here the last vestiges of the figurative, a few delicately poised hands, flowers and shells, are subsumed into patterned and highly coloured surfaces of glazes, scumbles, impasto, sgraffito, stipples, dots and splodges of paint. He, too, has worked very large and with heroic, mythic narratives, but once again, seems to take an ironical stance toward monumentality by his use of magnified sgraffito and scrawled imagery. It occupies the entire 6-foot-high composition, with ink spatters, sgraffito and handprints enlivening the surface. In tempera painting the most spectacular technique to combine gilding and paint is that of sgraffito, most often used to depict cloth of gold. Façades were further decorated with virtuoso sgraffiti, the top layer of plaster etched away to reveal a contrasting colour beneath. Origin Mid 18th century: Italian, literally ‘scratched away’, past participle of sgraffiare.
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