kamagraphy

Definition

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.

Etymology

From French kamagraphie. Attested from 1967.

Example Sentences

• "Kamagraphy, as the new technique is called, enables the printer to reproduce both the colour and the three-dimensional characteristics of the brush-stroke"
• "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)."