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kamagraphy

kamagraphy noun: a process for making copies of paintings that are painted on a pretreated canvas using a special press, which reproduces the texture of the brushstrokes as well as the colour, but destroys the original in the process.

Noun

kamagraphy (uncountable)

  1. A process for making copies of paintings that are painted on a pretreated canvas using a special press, which reproduces the texture of the brushstrokes as well as the colour, but destroys the original in the process.
    • Kamagraphy, as the new technique is called, enables the printer to reproduce both the colour and the three-dimensional characteristics of the brush-stroke1967, Art International, volume 11, page 94
    • Here is what we have learned about kamagraphy (the process is only valid for canvases about to be painted and not for the reproduction of those which already exist).1993, René Magritte, David Sylvester, Sarah Whitfield, Oil paintings, objects and bronzes, 1949-1967, page 435

Origin of kamagraphy

From French kamagraphie. Attested from 1967.

Questions about kamagraphy

What does kamagraphy mean?
Kamagraphy means a process for making copies of paintings that are painted on a pretreated canvas using a special press, which reproduces the texture of the brushstrokes as well as the colour, but destroys the original in the process.
What part of speech is kamagraphy?
Kamagraphy is a noun.

Words near kamagraphy in the dictionary

  1. kamafugites
  2. kamafugitic
  3. Kamagayan
  4. kamagraph
  5. kamagraphs
  6. kamagraphy
  7. kamahi
  8. kamahis
  9. kamaishilite
  10. kamaitachi
  11. Kamaiura

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