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Definition of Camaieu
1. n. A cameo.
Definition of Camaieu
1. Noun. (arts) A style of painting in a small range of monochrome colours ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Camaieu
1. a cameo [n CAMAIEUX]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Camaieu
Literary usage of Camaieu
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia of Ceramics by William Percival Jervis (1902)
"The polychrome decorations, unlike those in camaieu, were seldom copied from
engravings. The Moustiers faience was celebrated for the purity ..."
2. National Exhibition of Works of Art, at Leeds, 1868: Official Catalogue by Ralph N James, L Lefèvre (1868)
"... white ground with cupids painted in red camaieu, by Michel, in 1765. ...
coffee pot and sugar basin, gros bleu ground, and boys painted in red camaieu. ..."
3. Engraving: Its Origin, Processes, and History by Henri Delaborde, William Walker (1886)
"As in camaieu engraving those lines which define the contours are left as ridges
by the cutting away of ... But it is a further object of camaieu to produce ..."
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