intarsia
- noun
- /ɪnˈtɑrziə/
- Specialized
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intarsia
- The images that he used repeatedly in the intarsia designs for Bergamo, completed only a few years before this altarpiece, provide the meaning of the open eye and the snake: the latter signified evil and the former the all-seeing eye of God.
Examples
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The artist used intarsia to create a stunning wooden panel that depicted a forest scene.
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During the 1520s, he selected the Old Testament scene of Lot and his daughters for inclusion in the intarsia project at S. Maria Maggiore in Bergamo as a visual reference to his own name.
Academic text (1998) -
Her new coffee table features an intarsia design made from various types of wood.
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In the workshop, students learned how to craft beautiful intarsia pieces using colorful stones.
Synonyms
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A pattern made by fitting pieces of wood, metal, or other materials into a surface
A way of making pictures from small colored stones set into a surface
How Decorative
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word intarsia comes from Italian intarsio, which means 'inlay' — fitting small pieces into a surface to make a picture. That's why intarsia names the decorative art of joining pieces of wood, stone, or other materials to make patterns and pictures.