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tarsia

tarsia noun: intarsia.

Noun

tarsia (countable and uncountable, plural tarsias)

  1. Intarsia.
    • Tarsia work was frequently employed in decorating the choirs of churches, as well as the backs of the seats and the wainscotings. It was also used in the panels of doors.1849, Mary Philadelphia Merrifield, Original Treatises: Dating from the XIIth to XVIIIth Centuries on the Arts of Painting, in Oil, Miniature, Mosaic, and on Glass, republished 1999 [1967], Medieval...
    • Andrea del Castagno portrays him, Vasari tells us, among the famous men and women painted in the Casa de' Carducci, and Benedetto da Maiano, he also notes, portrays Dante on a tarsia door in the Palazzo della Signoria.1990, Paul Barolsky, Michelangelo's Nose: A Myth and Its Maker, page 96

tarsia meaning in Tamil

tarsia in Tamil

பல்வண்ண ஒட்டிணைப்பு மரவேலைப்பாடு

Forms of tarsia

pluraltarsias

Origin of tarsia

From Italian, from intarsiare.

Questions about tarsia

What does tarsia mean?
Tarsia means intarsia.
What is tarsia in Tamil?
Tarsia in Tamil is பல்வண்ண ஒட்டிணைப்பு மரவேலைப்பாடு. See Tarsia meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is tarsia?
Tarsia is a noun.
What is the plural of tarsia?
The plural of tarsia is tarsias.

Words near tarsia in the dictionary

  1. tarsels
  2. tarses
  3. Tarset
  4. Tarshish
  5. tarsi
  6. tarsia
  7. tarsias
  8. tarsier
  9. tarsiers
  10. tarsiid
  11. tarsiids

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