intaglio

     

Intaglio may refer to:

Trivia about intaglio

  • In this type of relief sculpture, figures are carved into the background
  • From the Italian for "to cut in", it's the process by which a design is engraved on a gem, stone or plate
  • (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Washington, D.C.) Sheets are forced at high pressure into the grooves of printing plates so bills are actually three-dimensional with slight rises & indentations; the process has this Italian name