Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

graffito decoration

French translation:

graffito

Added to glossary by Viktoria Gimbe
Feb 21, 2005 23:07
20 yrs ago
English term

graffito decoration

English to French Tech/Engineering Architecture
Arts
Architecture
Decoration and ornament
Proposed translations (French)
3 +5 graffito

Proposed translations

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graffito

une frise en or, selon la technique de l'oro graffito qui consiste ... de décoration qui reflètent idéalement le caractère ludique et architecturé de Pyramide. ...
www.arc-international.com/actualites/index1003.php

Le terme sgraffite dérivant de l'italien graffito (gravé) qualifie un procédé de décoration murale consistant en l'application superposée d'une couche d'enduit sombre et d'une pellicule de mortier clair. En gravant un dessin dans la surface l'artiste révèle, sous la couche claire, le mortier noir du fond.


graffito on Encyclopedia.comgraffitogräf-fē´tō. 1 Method of ornamenting architectural plaster surfaces. The designs are produced by scratching a topcoat of plaster to reveal an ...
www.encyclopedia.com/html/g1/graffito.asp
Peer comment(s):

agree Anna Maria Augustine (X)
14 mins
merci Anna!
agree Elodie Rousseau
25 mins
merci Elodie :-)
agree Geneviève von Levetzow
2 hrs
merci Geneviève :-)
agree Conor McAuley : Yes...perhaps not graffiti in the modern sense :-)
12 hrs
agree GILLES MEUNIER
15 hrs
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