anaglyptography
Meanings
noun
- The art of copying works in relief, or of engraving as to give the subject an embossed or raised appearance; used in representing coins, bas reliefs, maps etc.
Word forms
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἀνάγλυπτος (anágluptos, “embossed”) + -γραφία (-graphía, “writing, drawing”)
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