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Definition of Glyptic art
1. Noun. Carvings or engravings (especially on precious stones).
Specialized synonyms: Anaglyph, Glyph, Glyptics, Lithoglyptics, Diaglyph, Intaglio
Generic synonyms: Carving
Lexicographical Neighbors of Glyptic Art
Literary usage of Glyptic art
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of Art in Sardinia, Judæa, Syria, and Asia Minor by Georges Perrot, Charles Chipiez (1890)
"glyptic art. The elaborate system of writing possessed by the Hittites induces the
... 2 With regard to these seals, see section on the glyptic art of the ..."
2. The Archaeological Journal by Council, British Archaeological Association, Central Committee (1862)
"NOTICES OF COLLECTIONS OF glyptic art EXHIBITED BY THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE
IN JUNE, 1861. BY THE REV. CHARLES W. KING, 11.A., Senior Fellow of Trin. ..."
3. History of Ancient Egypt by George Rawlinson (1881)
"Civilisation of the Period—Arts of Life. Architecture and glyptic art—Changes in
the Religion, ... glyptic art ..."
4. History of Art in Persia by Georges Perrot, Charles Chipiez (1892)
"glyptic art. If many a data induce the belief that artists of Persian birth had
no hand in the sculptures we have just described, there are even greater ..."
5. History of Art in Primitive Greece: Mycenian Art by Georges Perrot, Charles Chipiez (1894)
"... glyptic art. Rude make and imperfect drawing are no sure guides in helping us
to single out those intaglios which by right ought to be ascribed to the ..."
6. Reports of the Cambridge Anthropological Expedition to Torres Straits by Alfred Cort Haddon, William Halse Rivers Rivers, Charles Gabriel Seligman, Charles Samuel Myers, William McDougall, Sidney Herbert Ray, Anthony Wilkin (1912)
"DECORATIVE, PICTORIAL AND glyptic art THE decorative art of the Islanders is so
closely connected with that of the natives of the adjacent mainland of New ..."
7. Antique Gems and Rings by Charles William King (1872)
"GREEK AND ROMAN glyptic art. ALTHOUGH ii is impossible to lay down any precise
rules for distinguishing between the works of the Greek and the Roman periods ..."
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