Radierung
etching
noun rah-DEE-roong Rare
Origin: from radieren, to scratch out
Usage Note
Radierung is an intaglio print made by scratching lines into a coated metal plate. The artist radiert; each pull is an Abzug. The plural is Radierungen.
Examples
"Die Radierung wurde in einer Auflage von dreißig Stück gedruckt."
Natural Translation
The etching was printed in an edition of thirty.
Literal Translation
The etching was in an edition of thirty pieces printed.
Related Words
- Abguss cast, casting (plaster or metal replica of a sculpture)
- Abstraktion abstraction (non-representational art)
- Acrylfarbe acrylic paint
- Akanthus acanthus (decorative leaf motif)
- Akt nude
- Aktmalerei nude painting; figure painting
- Aktmodell life model; nude model (for drawing or painting)
- Aktzeichnung life drawing, figure drawing (of the nude)
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