Schraffur
hatching; crosshatching in drawing or printmaking
noun shra-FOOR Rare
Origin: from Italian sgraffiare 'to scratch'
Usage Note
Schraffur is the technique of drawing parallel lines (or crossed lines for Kreuzschraffur) to create tone and texture in drawing, engraving, and printmaking. Dürer's copperplate Schraffur is among the most refined in history.
Examples
"Durch feine Kreuzschraffur erzeugte er eine samtige Dunkelheit im Vordergrund."
Natural Translation
Through fine crosshatching he created a velvety darkness in the foreground.
Literal Translation
Through fine cross-hatching created he a velvety darkness in-the foreground.
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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