Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A technique of drawing on specially prepared paper with a silver-tipped instrument.
- noun A drawing made by use of this technique.
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- noun a drawing made on specially prepared paper with an instrument having a silver tip (15th and 16th centuries)
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Examples
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Art historians will remember that these precocious painters aren't an exclusively 21st century phenomenon: Pablo Picasso showed unusual promise at the age of 8 with his bullfighter painting "Picador," while Dürer crafted a strikingly precise silverpoint self-portrait at 13.
ARTINFO: From the Palettes of Babes: 5 Prodigious Child Artists to Watch ARTINFO 2011
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Art historians will remember that these precocious painters aren't an exclusively 21st century phenomenon: Pablo Picasso showed unusual promise at the age of 8 with his bullfighter painting "Picador," while Dürer crafted a strikingly precise silverpoint self-portrait at 13.
ARTINFO: From the Palettes of Babes: 5 Prodigious Child Artists to Watch ARTINFO 2011
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The numbers are impressive on both counts - these have to be two of the most successful companies ever created. — silverpoint
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The term "Old Master drawings" applies to works on paper made between the 15th and 19th century, typically in chalk, pen, silverpoint, ink, pencil, watercolor, or washes.
At Auction: Old Master Drawings Sallie Brady 2010
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I was particularly interested in her silverpoint drawings, a method I knew nothing about.
Winged Things & Improbable Machines scottedelman 2009
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Mostly intimate pen and ink, but with some exceptions like the silverpoint "Saskia in a Straw Hat" (1633), they're as timeless and lyrical as a Raphael study and as up to date as, a fashion-designer sketch.
Real Deal Rembrandt 2008
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An editor at Harry N. Abrams was a fan of the comic-book version but felt that the original printing didn't do justice to Mr. Muth's eerie and evocative drawings, which were made in silverpoint, graphite, pastel and oils.
Arias From the Heart 2008
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A BLAZE of lightning blanched the grey woods tracing all the wrinkled foliage down to the last curled leaf, as if every detail were drawn in silverpoint or graven in silver.
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A BLAZE of lightning blanched the grey woods tracing all the wrinkled foliage down to the last curled leaf, as if every detail were drawn in silverpoint or graven in silver.
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She seized a silverpoint and a notebook from her medicine-bag and wrote down her speculations.
Owlsight Lackey, Mercedes 1998
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