graffito decoration

French translation: graffito

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English term or phrase:graffito decoration
French translation:graffito
Entered by: Viktoria Gimbe

23:07 Feb 21, 2005
English to French translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Architecture
English term or phrase: graffito decoration
Arts
Architecture
Decoration and ornament
Viktoria Gimbe
Canada
Local time: 16:18
graffito
Explanation:
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
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graffito


Explanation:
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


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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  GILOU
15 hrs
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