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Embos'sing. — The forming of works in relief, whetlier by 



raising or by depression. 

 Ground. — The flat surface from which the figures rise ; said 



of a work in relief. 

 Intaglio. — Anything engraved, or a precious stone with a 



head or an inscription cut in or hollowed out. 

 Moresque'. — A style of decoration much used by the Moors 



and Arabs, first introduced about the tenth century, in 



which foliage, fruit, flowers, etc., without the introduction 



of the figure of any animal, are combined by springing 



out of each other. 

 Plastog'raphy, Plas'tic Art. — The art o^ forming figures in 



plaster. ■ 

 Pointing. — The process of measuring, at the various distances 



from the surfice of a block of marble, the outlines of a 



future piece of statuary. 

 Porycliromy (Gr. polus, many, and chroma, a color). — The 



ancient art or practice of coloring statuary to imitate 



nature, and also buildings, in harmonious, prismatic, or 



compound tints. 

 Pro'file. — A head represented sideways or in a side view. 

 Relief. — The prominence of a figure above or beyond the 



ground or plane on which it is formed. Relief is of 



three kinds, high relief (^(dto-rilievo), loio relief (^basso- 



rilievo), and demi-relief [(lemi-rilievo), which see. 

 Strength. — Boldness of conception or treatment. 

 Stud'y. — A work undertaken for improvement in the art, and 



often left incomplete. 

 Tor'so. — The trunk of a statue mutilated of head and limbs. 

 Tout Ensemble (Fr. all together). — The general efi'ect of a 



work as a whole, without regard to the execution of the 



separate parts. 

 XJ'nity. — Such a combination of parts as to constitute a whole, 



or a kind of symmetry of style and character. 



STEREOSCOPES. 



Stereos'copy. — The art or science of using the stereoscope, or 

 of constructing the instrument or the views used with it. 



