| 单词 | encaustic |
| 例句 | “Flag,” dated “1960-1966,” soared to $28.64 million, far above the high estimate, despite the fragile medium and support — encaustic and printed paper collage on paper laid down on canvas. A New Era for Postwar and Contemporary Art 2010-05-14T11:30:00Z The selection includes a few small pieces that employ found objects and encaustic, a mix of wax and pigment. Review | In the galleries: At U-Md. space, “UN/Sustainable” contemplates the environment 2019-06-28T04:00:00Z Yet there also are such brash paintings as Julia Dzikiewicz’s “Zombies and Suffragists,” with its thick encaustic blues and oranges and embedded crystals to represent water drops. In the galleries: In ‘Everyware,’ new-technology photo pieces exhibit nostalgia All six artists of the Washington Wax Works collective employ encaustic techniques, combining pigments with heated wax. In the galleries: The eclectic art of the Dominican disapora 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z Their size, their subtlety, their lack of any representational material and their use of monochromatic wax and encaustic all seem to suggest an effort to domesticate the male-dominated world of abstract expressionism. Review | Artist Lynda Benglis became controversial in an instant, but her career has thrived for decades 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z The Copts used encaustic painting recipes to paint caskets, which inspired me to make my own hot wax paint to achieve plasticity and transparency. Lynda Benglis Redefined Sculpture in the ’60s. Now, She’s at Her Most Prolific. 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z Yet there’s room for Karen Hubacher’s encaustics, which variously position rectangular bars painted in hues that range from light newsprint to medium asphalt. In the galleries: Few hard edges in sight 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z A 1960 encaustic and paper collage rendition of the Stars and Stripes, Crichton bought it from Johns in 1973 and hung it in his Beverly Hills bedroom. 'Flag' auction could set record for Jasper Johns work 2010-05-11T18:05:00Z Katie Dell Kaufman goes deeper, interjecting 3-D objects such as teacups into abstract pattern paintings or including encaustic accents in primarily sculptural pieces. In the galleries: The eclectic art of the Dominican disapora 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z Her 1965 “Johns 0 through 9” is encaustic done on a newspaper page reporting on soaring stocks and the Vietnam War. ‘Sturtevant: Double Trouble,’ a Career Retrospective at MoMA 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z Wilson's use of molten beeswax - called encaustic - is based on an ancient technique used in hieroglyphics. NYC artist recognized for his unique beeswax art 2012-02-09T08:01:19Z She works in encaustic, a painting process that dates back to the ancient Greeks. Artists works show how their gardens grow: The seeds of creativity 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z The textures of Johns' encaustic paintings are off. 'Sturtevant: Double Trouble' show at MOCA will dispel misinterpretations 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z All the pieces use clay, glaze, gold leaf, wax encaustic and other materials to create hybrid worlds and creatures, transforming human figures into hanging gardens and vice versa. September gallery highlights: From Antarctic ice to apocalyptic flames 2017-09-13T04:00:00Z Nancy Mee and Dennis Evans have astonishing command over the materials they use — glass, ceramics, metals, encaustics — and they parlay it into a rarefied world. 5 must-see Seattle art shows in October 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z He had his picture taken, and fastened the plate to a blackout of encaustic to make a rare self-portrait. New York Galleries: What to See Right Now 2019-11-20T05:00:00Z In one work in the Berlin show, she slyly mixes whole bugs into encaustic paint along with the red powder made from grinding them — inviting viewers to see her process. An Artist at Home on the Fault Lines 2017-06-30T04:00:00Z Upstairs, partition walls were removed to open up the poky bathroom, where cascading house plants and bright encaustic tiles remind Maria of her childhood in rural Argentina. Setting the scene: a home with a dramatic flourish 2020-05-10T04:00:00Z Nor was Paul Hrusa’s painting, in which a broken section of bulwark protrudes to block a corner of the image; or Ellyn Weiss’s two encaustics that resemble bits of battered building facades. Review | In the galleries: Artists join forces to adorn a wall that will come tumbling down 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z The main gallery showcases Rose’s encaustic paintings, which mix pigment and wax in undulating or crosshatched patterns that somewhat resemble those used to produce both sound and line in Scriptronics. In the galleries: Melding sound and art 2015-10-16T04:00:00Z Though pruned of much of its furniture, which moved uptown with the family, the apartment is filled with Ms. Berger’s artwork: glinting steel and glass sculptures and mobiles and her delicate and lovely encaustic paintings. Childhood Tales From the Chelsea Hotel 2016-07-16T04:00:00Z Instead of the brazen dervish implicit in Pollock’s drip paintings, Mr. Johns proceeded carefully, mixing his oil paint with encaustic so that every stroke remained distinct. Review: Drips, Dropped: Pollock and His Impact 2015-12-31T05:00:00Z After plotting the series in drawings, she covered each canvas with colored inks; then, using a palette knife, with multiple layers of encaustic mixed from acrylic paint and wax. Growing, Faltering, Changing, Growing: Lessons From Kay WalkingStick 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z Four of the icons - encaustic paintings on wood from Saint Catherine's Monastery in Egypt's Sinai desert - date from the 6th and early 7th centuries. Rare icons evacuated from Ukraine go on show in Paris' Louvre Museum 2023-06-13T04:00:00Z Adopting these discarded — or, as she puts it, “orphaned” — photos became an obsession, and now she regularly uses them as collage elements in mysterious encaustic and multimedia paintings. 7 art shows to see in Seattle this June 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z This life-size Egyptian funerary portrait from about 170–180 CE was painted in encaustic on wood and shows the deceased as they wished to be remembered. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z The Earth-like feel of many pieces comes from Hudson’s experimentation with materials like clay, graphite, watercolor and encaustic elements. Mixed media artist Pamela Smith Hudson was told to 'stay in one lane.' She refused 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z Traditional materials used to build the homes - such as Burma teakwood and encaustic tiles - are now expensive and hard to come by, and many of the building techniques have also become obsolete. The young Indians saving crumbling ancestral homes 2022-12-28T05:00:00Z Warn makes layered abstractions on wooden panels, partly covering repeated geometric figures such as concentric circles with smeary, wax-based encaustic pigment. Review | In the galleries: Rendering art through light and space 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z The picture reminds me, in fact, of an encaustic painting by Jasper Johns called “Painting Bitten by a Man.” Perspective | A photograph that captures the profound ambivalence between children and parents Furthermore, the encaustic portraits that adorned coffins reflect the multiethnic identity of people in Roman Egypt. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Much of her work is encaustic mixed media; the method uses heat, wax and pigments in a manner that traces back to ancient civilizations. Mixed media artist Pamela Smith Hudson was told to 'stay in one lane.' She refused 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z Another option would be to install a porcelain encaustic patterned tile, but I worry that’s a passing fad that will look dated. HGTV star Sarah Richardson on how to live with your collections 2020-10-05T04:00:00Z Nancy Epstein of Artistic Tile sees a resurgence in age-old techniques like encaustic tile, where the pattern is made with pigmented cement rather than painted on. ‘Like theater in tile form’: Tile’s patterns, designs expand | Produced by Advertising Publications 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z His work was a series of familiar symbols — American flags, targets, numbers — painted on newsprint with encaustic, in which pigment was mixed with heated beeswax. Jasper Johns, American Legend 2019-02-18T05:00:00Z To give the space a grounding sense of place, meanwhile, the duo turned to traditional Lebanese touches, such as the handmade encaustic floor tiles. A Dull New Apartment Gets an Infusion of Personality 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z He urged Hudson to look at Jasper Johns’ work, which used encaustics — something that Hudson began to explore more closely. Mixed media artist Pamela Smith Hudson was told to 'stay in one lane.' She refused 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z The array of drawing media is just about as broad as it gets — pencil, crayon, watercolor, encaustic, pastel, gouache, acrylic, metallic powder, ink and charcoal on paper and plastic vellum. A year after Hurricane Harvey delayed its debut, a home for modern drawings opens in Houston - Los Angeles Times 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z The painterly things include a collage of newspaper and magazine clippings, which is just visible underneath the paint, and the use of encaustic—wax mixed with pigment—which gives the piece its weathered surface. This Year, for the Fourth of July, Can We Talk About Something Else? 2018-07-03T04:00:00Z Mixing pigment into wax — an encaustic technique traced to ancient Egypt, though rarely employed in contemporary art — creates a lumpy, optically veiled surface. Does the Broad's new Jasper Johns exhibition hit the bull's-eye? It gets darn close 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z It’s one of Johns’ earliest flag paintings and, as an encaustic work painted with a mixture of melted beeswax and pigment, it’s also one of his most delicate. 'Three Flags' and other rare Jasper Johns works unveiled at the Broad 2018-02-07T05:00:00Z It presents several shows a year; now on view, “Art Fired Up” consists of 41 works by 20 artists, all investigating the creative applications of heat in glasswork, stoneware, encaustics and mixed-media constructions. A Senior Care Facility in the Bronx With World-Class Art 2016-01-23T05:00:00Z New additions, such as colorful encaustic tile from Mexico and a sophisticated banquette in the kitchen, add a distinctly modern feel to the interiors. Home of The Times: They found a Fickett house, bought into the neighborhood 2015-07-03T04:00:00Z The hand-cut mosaic floors of the two banking halls were badly damaged, as were floors of encaustic tile elsewhere in the building. Building Blocks: A Landmark Restored, From Mosaic Marble Floor to Grand Dome 2014-03-12T17:42:03Z No wonder those North African ancients chose encaustic specifically for mummy portraits. Does the Broad's new Jasper Johns exhibition hit the bull's-eye? It gets darn close 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z The show includes oil and encaustic paintings, monotypes and monoprints, photo etchings, paper lithographs and digitally manipulated prints, most produced in the last three years. | Westchester: Abstract Artists’ Works on View at the Rye Arts Center 2012-12-09T04:50:02Z Madeline Wilson’s “A Map of the World,” for instance, merges encaustics with woven paper maps to fashion a topsy-turvy geography. A Senior Care Facility in the Bronx With World-Class Art 2016-01-23T05:00:00Z Whether it was chiaroscuro, sfumoto, encaustic, or other technique, I was sincere. Voices from the Past 2012-04-19T02:00:30.787Z Upon one side wall of the entrance a Laconian molossus, painted in encaustic, and accompanied by the warning inscription "Cave canem" barked at the moon and the visitor with pictured fury. One of Cleopatra's Nights and Other Fantastic Romances One of Cleopatra's Nights?Clarimonde?Arria Marcella?The Mummy's Foot?Omphale: a Rococo Story?King Candaules 2012-04-08T02:00:23.693Z Other compartments illustrate certain industrial groups, such as cutlery, porcelain, paper, encaustic tiles, &c. Collins' Illustrated Guide to London and Neighbourhood 2012-04-06T02:00:29.250Z You can, in fact, discover the names of some of Gibbon’s ancestors upon the walls, and not all the original encaustic tiles have been thrown away. The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries To-Day and in Days of Old 2012-03-25T02:00:04.800Z An Anglican rector with a passion for encaustic tiles could not have wrought more mischief. Naples Past and Present 2012-03-13T02:00:23.473Z Both the arts of encaustic painting and embroidery were then well known and practised, yet of so great cost as to be procured only by the most noble and wealthy. The Curiosities of Heraldry 2012-02-23T03:00:41.067Z It was even said that Candaules had not disdained to wield with his own royal hands-a thing hardly becoming a prince—the chisel of the sculptor and the sponge of the encaustic painter. One of Cleopatra's Nights and Other Fantastic Romances One of Cleopatra's Nights?Clarimonde?Arria Marcella?The Mummy's Foot?Omphale: a Rococo Story?King Candaules 2012-04-08T02:00:23.693Z Subjects preliminary to the study of practical mechanics; instrumental geometry; statics; passive strength; friction; drawing; outline; pen; pencil; chalks; crayons; Indian ink; water-colours; body colours; miniature; distemper; fresco; oil; encaustic paintings; enamel; mosaic work. Heroes of Science: Physicists 2012-01-17T03:00:17Z Its manufactures include porcelain, encaustic tiles, and earthenware, and give employment to the greater part of the population, women and children being employed almost as largely as men. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" 2012-01-02T03:00:22.443Z In Mediæval England, when pottery making was at a low ebb, the monasteries and travelling guilds of potters produced splendid encaustic tiles. Pottery, for Artists Craftsmen & Teachers 2011-12-10T03:00:15.097Z The altar space is covered with encaustic tiles, given by Mr C. Minton Campbell. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Lichfield A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal See 2011-08-14T02:00:26.307Z The material used is the encaustic painting, which has been revived by M. de Klenze. Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad with Tales and Miscellanies Now First Collected Vol. II (of 3) 2011-07-24T02:00:08.803Z We owe to him in a great measure the revival of the elegant art of manufacturing encaustic tiles. Triumphs of Invention and Discovery in Art and Science 2011-07-19T02:00:21.280Z As the chief aim in encaustic painting was the securing of permanence and durability by the application of heat, the word encaustic has been applied to other and widely different processes. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura 2011-04-14T02:00:56.200Z Encaustic tiles must necessarily be simple and bold in character, for anything complicated invites confusion; the best possible guides are the encaustic tiles of mediæval times, especially the simple and spirited English and German Gothic. Pottery, for Artists Craftsmen & Teachers 2011-12-10T03:00:15.097Z All three chapels have groined roofs, with ribs and bosses, and in the floor some of the old encaustic tiles still remain. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Lichfield A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal See 2011-08-14T02:00:26.307Z She finds the old lady surrounded by all the signs and symptoms of a new hobby—plans, encaustic tiles, designs for the decorated pans and skimmers of an ornamental dairy. Doctor Cupid 2011-03-13T03:00:23.987Z Wax may be used as a vehicle for painting without heat being requisite; nevertheless the ancient term encaustic has been retained, and is indiscriminately applied to all methods of painting in wax. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" 2011-02-06T03:00:53.093Z The encaustic tile, strictly so-called, was decorated with patterns formed by different coloured clays inlaid in the tile and fired with it. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura 2011-04-14T02:00:56.200Z The fine encaustic tiles, not only in the flooring, but also set in the walls, are of local make. Stained Glass Tours in England 2011-01-03T03:01:00.547Z It's just a magnificent space, beautiful encaustic floor tile painted by Constantino Brumidi, and the wonderful tufted furniture and the chandelier and the gilded frames are just rich. Under the Dome: A conversation with Architect of the Capitol Stephen Ayers 2010-09-08T03:07:00Z It is worked in encaustic, an ancient technique in which pigment is mixed in liquid wax, which Mr Johns liked because it dried quickly. Art.view: American dream 2010-05-14T15:03:00Z Of modern encaustic paintings those by Schnorr in the Residenz at Munich are the most important. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" 2011-02-06T03:00:53.093Z “All right, auntie,” said the boy, and he stooped down to begin rearranging the poker and shovel, which he had kicked off the fire-dog to clatter on the encaustic tiles. Sir Hilton's Sin The arching is divided by beams and panelling, highly painted and decorated in encaustic. Old and New London Volume I The ground-plan can be traced; the fish-ponds are complete; and carved stones, coffins and encaustic tiles of a peculiar manufacture are frequently exhumed. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" Frederic Xavier Fernbach, the inventor of that mode of encaustic painting which is called by his name, died at Munich on the 27th February. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2, May, 1851 The nature of this Punic wax, which was the essential ingredient of the ancient painting in encaustic, has not been definitely ascertained. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" 2011-02-06T03:00:53.093Z “How the dickens did he do that?” he added, for a flower-pot in the conservatory fell with a crash upon the encaustic tiled floor, and Jane uttered a gasp. Sir Hilton's Sin He was also famous as an encaustic painter, and was employed by Praxiteles to apply his art to his statues. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life Within are some admirable specimens of encaustic tiles, and several monuments of the Vernon and Manners families; while an ancient runic rood-stone stands in the churchyard. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" The variety and beauty of design and colour in encaustic tiles adopted by mediævalists, may be slightly illustrated by the quaint specimen of foliation copied in Fig. Rambles of an Archaeologist Among Old Books and in Old Places Being Papers on Art, in Relation to Archaeology, Painting, Art-Decoration, and Art-Manufacture Ancient authors often make mention of encaustic, which, if it had been described by the word inurere, to burn in, one might have supposed to have been a species of enamel painting. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" 2011-02-06T03:00:53.093Z The central alley, 5 ft. wide, is in both rooms paved with encaustic tiles. The Care of Books Of the latter the principal was through fire, termed encaustic. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life The floor laid with encaustic tiles, with ceiling groined, and walls finished in imitation of stone in the sand coat. Woodward's Country Homes It was like entering a jungle in the tropics; if one could fancy a jungle paved with encaustic tiles, and furnished with velvet-covered ottomans for the repose of weary sportsmen. Vixen, Volume I. It's what they call an encaustic painting, like the Muse of Cortona, probably of the time of Tiberius. Fair Margaret A Portrait Here there is a richly decorated pailow, with encaustic tiles, chiefly green and yellow; the three archways are lined with white marble. Travels in the Far East The fresco walls, when painted, were covered with an encaustic varnish, both to heighten the colors and to preserve them from the injurious effects of the sun or the weather. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life The hall, &c., to be laid with encaustic tiles. Woodward's Country Homes Some of his paintings were encaustic, that is to say, the colors were burned in; thus they must have been made on plaster or pottery of some sort. A History of Art for Beginners and Students Painting, Sculpture, Architecture In the interior the Lady Chapel was restored, and its floor laid with encaustic tiles from the designs of ancient examples in various parts of the cathedral. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Salisbury A Description of its Fabric and a Brief History of the See of Sarum It was even said that Candaules had not disdained to wield with his own royal hands—a thing hardly becoming a prince—the chisel of the sculptor and the sponge of the encaustic painter. King Candaules The mere process of burning in constitutes the whole difference between encaustic and the ordinary method of painting with wax colors. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life The floor has been laid with fragments of old encaustic tiles removed from other parts of the building. Bell's Cathedrals: The Abbey Church of Tewkesbury with some Account of the Priory Church of Deerhurst Gloucestershire On a table at the end of the cloister there is a small collection of stones and encaustic tiles from the old building, and some more precious relics in a case. Bell's Cathedrals: The Priory Church of St. Bartholomew-the-Great, Smithfield A Short History of the Foundation and a Description of the Fabric and also of the Church of St. Bartholomew-the-Less Those old paintings at Milan, Pisa, Naples, Vienna, and elsewhere, have been carefully examined and proved to have been painted in encaustic or distemper. Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects, and Curiosities of Art, (Vol. 2 of 3) The entrance hall is most imposing, and the ceiling is richly painted in encaustic. Young Americans Abroad Vacation in Europe: Travels in England, France, Holland, Belgium, Prussia and Switzerland An enormous quantity of richly-colored and decorated encaustic tiles have been found here; some are preserved in our local museum. The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II These walls were painted in encaustic, corresponding with the coved ceiling, which was richly adorned in the same fashion. Tancred Or, The New Crusade These chambers, eight in number, are painted in encaustic, with subjects from the Greek poets, of which Schwanthaler supplied the designs. Sketches This hall is paved, and the walls and ceiling are inlaid with beautiful designs in encaustic tiles. Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City He was also credited with bringing into use the encaustic method of painting, though it was probably known before his time. A Text-Book of the History of Painting Partly in this parish and partly in that of Benthall, and only about 300 yards from the station, are the geometrical, mosaic, and encaustic tile works of the Messrs. Maw. Handbook to the Severn Valley Railway Illustrative and Descriptive of Places along the Line from Worcester to Shrewsbury "I don't care for the stage," I replied; "it's a sort of rude encaustic work I don't like; its effects are theatrical!" Oscar Wilde, His Life and Confessions Volume 2 In the chapter-house at Bayeux is a labyrinth formed of tiles, red, black, and encaustic, with a pattern of brown and yellow. Amusements in Mathematics You can make a very pretty fireplace for wood of the common buff-colored fire-bricks, either alone or variegated with good common red bricks; a hearth of encaustic tile, pressed bricks, or even Portland cement. Homes and How to Make Them Carpets, hangings, furniture, stuffs for wear, encaustic tiles, etc. showed a sounder taste; and this in the foreign as well as the British stalls. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 099, March, 1876 They made comments on the authors they read, and comments on the people they met, and criticized each other with encaustic remarks that tested friendship to its extremest limit. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 05 Little Journeys to the Homes of English Authors A sore provocation it must surely be to those who love order and brightness to find slabs of dirt upon their new oil-cloth, Indian mats, and bright encaustic tiles. The Bed-Book of Happiness Tiles, plain, encaustic, and decorated; mosaics, bricks, paving bricks, pipes. Final Report of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission Then they heard voices in the lobby—the servant's voice and another voice—and a movement of steps over the encaustic tiles towards the door of the drawing-room. The Matador of the Five Towns and Other Stories Here the encaustic decoration so plentifully employed in the other rooms is dropt, and an effect even more brilliant obtained by the united use of marble and gold. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 5 Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Switzerland, Part 1 But notwithstanding all the encaustic tiles in the world, damp will gather in a hollow like this, and the damp alone was an objection. Colonel Quaritch, V.C. A Tale of Country Life Before that time the whole place was used as a farm, and floors of encaustic tiles were buried deep in farm-yard rubbish. What to See in England A Guide to Places of Historic Interest, Natural Beauty or Literary Association Here the encaustic decoration, so plentifully employed in the other rooms, is dropped, and an effect even more brilliant obtained by the united use of marble and gold. Views a-foot He is said to have wished to reproduce the encaustic process of the ancients, and lighted fires to harden the surface of the fresco. The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti It is faced all over with encaustic tiles, each made at the kiln a thousand miles away, for the particular place it was to occupy. Court Life in China First, having lit another lantern which was kept there, he removed with the sharp end of the pickaxe a large patch of the encaustic tiles exactly in the centre of the depression. Colonel Quaritch, V.C. A Tale of Country Life Excelled in fine forms, and in a non-vitreous encaustic painting, which was lost till restored by Mr. Wedgwood. The Botanic Garden A Poem in Two Parts. Part 1: the Economy of Vegetation The floor was composed of encaustic tiles, and had many memorial brasses. English Villages He was a very friendly head waiter, and the dining-room was a long glare of the encaustic tiling which all Seville seems lined with, and of every Moorish motive in the decoration. Familiar Spanish Travels It was a vast chamber of white marble, the golden panels of the walls containing festive sculptures by Schwanthaler, relieved by encaustic tinting. Coningsby Now, though this curious edifice had been designed for a summer-house, and for that purpose lined throughout with encaustic tiles, nobody as a matter of fact had ever dreamed of using it to sit in. Colonel Quaritch, V.C. A Tale of Country Life It is a painting in encaustic, and has been used as a door for his oven by the contadino who dug it up—yet it remains a marvel of genius. Fra Bartolommeo It is a vaulted apartment, twenty feet high, entirely open towards the court, except a fine pointed arch at the top, decorated with encaustic ornaments of the most brilliant colors. The Lands of the Saracen Pictures of Palestine, Asia Minor, Sicily, and Spain This latter mode was called encaustic, and was, according to Plutarch, the most durable of all methods. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 03 Ancient Achievements These saloons, lofty, spacious, and numerous, had been decorated principally in encaustic by the most celebrated artists of Munich. Coningsby The fresco wall, when painted, was covered with an encaustic varnish, both to heighten the color and preserve it from the effects of the sun or the weather. The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization. The steps of the sanctuary have in encaustic tiles these texts. John Keble's Parishes They'll be asking us to put down encaustic tiles upon the floors next, and to paper their walls with Japanese leather or fashionable dados. Philistia Then after a pause—he did not notice Laura's smiles "Laura, would you lay the main hall in encaustic tiles, or just in fancy patterns of hard wood?" The Gilded Age, Part 4. The bath was about twelve feet square; its floor and sides covered with white encaustic tiles; the water, clear as crystal against that light background, was five feet deep. The Recreations of a Country Parson He used the pencil, instead of painting in encaustic with the cestrum. The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization. In spite of the great inferiority of the encaustic technique to that of oil painting, these pictures are not unworthy of comparison with the great portraits of modern times. A History of Greek Art After completion of laconic epistolary compositions she abandoned the implement of calligraphy in the encaustic pigment, exposed to the corrosive action of copperas, green vitriol and nutgall. Ulysses One half of it is a bathroom, screened, and paved with encaustic tiles that run up the walls, so you may splash to your heart's content. A Woman-Hater "But?" echoed Cigarette, leaning out of her oval hole, perched in the quaint, gray Moresco wall, parti-colored with broken encaustics of varied hues. Under Two Flags This latter was called encaustic, and was, according to Plutarch, the most durable of all methods. The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization. These pictures are executed principally by the encaustic process, though some use was made also of tempera. A History of Greek Art And now comes the most remarkable thing of all; three years ago the present rector repaired the floor of the chancel, intending to put down encaustic tiles. Put Yourself in His Place The writing ink then used was usually made of lamp-black, gum and vinegar; it it had but a feeble encaustic property, and it did not bite in or penetrate the parchment. Forty Centuries of Ink or, a chronological narrative concerning ink and its backgrounds, introducing incidental observations and deductions, parallels of time and color phenomena, bibliography, chemistry, poetical effusions, citations, anecdotes and curiosa together with some evidence respecting the evanescent character of most inks of to-day and an epitome of chemico-legal ink. A pupil of his, Pausias by name, is credited with raising the process of encaustic painting to a prominence which it had not enjoyed before. A History of Greek Art When the rector found that, he excavated more than was absolutely necessary for his purpose, and the deeper he went the more encaustic tiles. Put Yourself in His Place |
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