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Definition of Toreutics
1. Noun. The art of making relief or intaglio designs, especially by chasing, carving or embossing in metal ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Toreutics
1. [n]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Toreutics
Literary usage of Toreutics
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature by Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1838)
"toreutics (from the Greek ... on the other hand, says toreutics signified the
art of making raised work in silver and bronze, while raised work in gems was ..."
2. Encyclopaedia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature by Francis Lieber, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1832)
"Winckelmann, on the other hand, says toreutics signified the art of making raised
work in silver and bronze, while raised work in gems was called .;>,>>,. ..."
3. The Journal of Classical and Sacred Philology by Joseph Barber Lightfoot, Fenton John Anthony Hort, John Eyton Bickersteth Mayor (1854)
"Not to beat about the bush any longer, I put the question:—what if Antigonus be
the author, not merely of a book on toreutics, but of the more famous and ..."
4. The Cities and Cemeteries of Etruria by George Dennis (1878)
"... and most characteristic specimen of Etruscan toreutics—the "Wolf of the
Capitol "—the "thunder- stricken nurse of Rome." I shall not discuss the various ..."
5. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities by William Smith (1859)
"... statues, see toreutics. The art of fT-Mmg was known to the Greeks from the
earliest tines of which we have any information. (Horn. Oj. iii. 42J, vi. ..."
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