lithograph
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- noun
- /ˈlɪθəˌgræf/
- Specialized
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litografía
- She proudly hung the vintage lithograph in her living room, showcasing its intricate details.
- lithographs published
- color lithograph
- French lithograph
But he did do one painting that he made look exactly like a lithograph.
- But he did do one painting that he made look exactly like a lithograph.
- There were some lithographs or engravings of the Spanish Inquisition and its horrors.
- OK, see rare performance footage, the CD lithographs of some of Sir Paul's paintings.
Examples
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For this very rare and unusual lot of lithographs depicting the five senses.
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Here is a lovely 1922 Kandinsky lithograph.
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And the point of the lithograph is that the relative size of the two buildings is completely distorted.
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And now this very same lithograph, number 17, is hanging in Max Tolin's home.
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Indeed, one of the most striking features of this lithograph is the relative absence of blackness and negative space.
Academic text (2015) -
On the 12th floor, the door opened to reveal a beige wall decorated by a lithograph of a mother and child.
Fiction book (2001) -
But then, what shall we say of some of the great works of art, paintings, lithographs, and woodcuts?
Academic text (2003) -
A series of seven lithographs was published by L. Joly, Paris, in 1894.
Academic text (2015) -
Below, a nineteenth-century lithograph shows a Maori canoe, or waka.
Academic text (2003) -
Upon publication, the lithographs were widely acclaimed, with von Humboldt among the admirers.
Academic text (2000)
Synonyms
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A picture made by pressing paper on a carved surface with ink
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A print made by a method that uses a flat stone or plate
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A photographic print made using a stone-printing process that gives strong contrast
A print that uses a photograph to prepare a plate for printing
Compounds
- Specialized
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7.6
A machine that makes prints by using a flat stone or metal plate to hold ink
How High-Quality
- Archaic
- Archaic
- Archaic
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- Specialized
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- Specialized
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Surface Forms
Morphology
lithograph = graph (opaque) = litho + graph
The word is historically built from the classical combining form litho- plus graph, but the full technical meaning is not readily guessable for an average B1 learner.
Etymology
Lithograph comes from two Greek parts: litho meaning 'stone' and graph meaning 'write' or 'draw'. Artists once drew directly on a flat stone and printed from that surface, so a lithograph is a print made from a stone drawing.