Acrography

Quick meaning: Acrography is a noun meaning A method of relief etching on wood, metal, or stone by means of a coating of compressed chalk, invented by Louis Schonberg in 1841.

Meaning

A method of relief etching on wood, metal, or stone by means of a coating of compressed chalk, invented by Louis Schonberg in 1841.

More Meanings

1. An organizing principle for written lists, based on initial glyphs.
2. Decorative plasterwork of various styles used in Middle Eastern architecture.

Example Sentences

One of the architectural arts is acrography or plaster work which has had its own form and style in each historical period.

The sign lists from Fara (WVDOG 43 7 and 69) show an structure unrelated both to VE and to the OB lists, their acrography is less strict.

The list is organized around logograms, applying acrography, telography, and varying positions of a glyph (often also including “related” glyphs);

In wood engraving every line is forced along its direction, and the very awkwardness of the operation ultimately gives an authority to the printed line. In acrography this was not so.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include anaglyptography, skiagraph, glyphography, chirography, sciograph, sciagraph.

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