Forma


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Definition


Note: general and also investment mold

Homographs


Synonyms


Creux   Moule (preferred term]

Related Terms


To Be Distinguished From


Sources


General Dictionaries

Enciclopedia Treccani. (2010). Rome, Italy: Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana., (https://www.treccani.it/vocabolario/forma/[definition 6])

Historical Sources

Biringuccio, V. (1540) De la pirotechnia: 1540. Edited by A. Carugo. Milano: Edizioni Il Polifilo., (fols. 77v and 80v)

Art and Craft Textbooks

Bruni, F. (1994) La fusione artistica a cera persa. Venezia-Marghera: Edizioni Arte in., (pp. 85-86)

Category


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Translations


English mold

General Dictionaries

Merriam Webster Dictionary (no date). Available at: https://www.merriam-webster.com/.

Cultural Heritage Publications

Bassett, J. and Fogelman, P. (1997) Looking at European Sculpture: A Guide to Technical Terms. Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum in collaboration with the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Beale, A. (1975) ‘A Technical view of Nineteenth-century sculpture’, in Metamorphoses in nineteenth-century sculpture : [exhibition, November 19, 1975-January 7, 1976, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University : catalogue]. Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum : distributed by Harvard University Press, pp. 28–55.

Art and Craft Textbooks

Reliance foundry (web) ‘Foundry glossary’. Available at: https://www.reliance-foundry.com/castings/glossary-casting.
English mould [alternate spelling]
Spanish molde
Italian calco

General Dictionaries

Enciclopedia Treccani. (2010). Rome, Italy: Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana., (http://www.treccani.it/vocabolario/calco1/[definition 1])
Battaglia, S. (1961) Grande dizionario della lingua italiana. Edited by Giorgio Bárberi Squarotti. Turin, Italy: Unione tipografico-editrice torinese. Available at: http://www.gdli.it/ (Accessed: 25 April 2021)., (http://www.gdli.it/pdf_viewer/Scripts/pdf.js/web/viewer.asp?file=/PDF/GDLI02/GDLI_02_ocr_534.pdf&parola=calco[definition 1])
Italian cavo

Other

Cellini, B. (1568) Due trattati: uno intorno alle otto principali arti dell’oreficeria: l’altro in materia dell’arte della scultura, dove si veggono infiniti segreti nel lavorar le figure di marmo, & nel gettarle di bronzo. Edited by Antonio Altomonte. Modena: Edizioni Aldine., (fols. 45v-46)
Italian forma

General Dictionaries

Enciclopedia Treccani. (2010). Rome, Italy: Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana., (https://www.treccani.it/vocabolario/forma/[definition 6])

Historical Sources

Biringuccio, V. (1540) De la pirotechnia: 1540. Edited by A. Carugo. Milano: Edizioni Il Polifilo., (fols. 77v and 80v)

Art and Craft Textbooks

Bruni, F. (1994) La fusione artistica a cera persa. Venezia-Marghera: Edizioni Arte in., (pp. 85-86)
Italian stampo

General Dictionaries

Enciclopedia Treccani. (2010). Rome, Italy: Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana., (http://www.treccani.it/vocabolario/stampo/[definition 2c])
Chinese

Cultural Heritage Publications

张昌平 = Zhang Changping et al. (2010) ‘二里冈文化至殷墟文化时期青铜器范型技术的发展 = Development of Clay mold-making technology for bronze casting from Erligang Culture to Yinxu Culture’, 考古 = Archaeology, 8, pp. 79–86. Available at: https://kns.cnki.net/kcms/detail/detail.aspx?dbcode=CJFD&dbname=CJFD2010&filename=KAGU201008008&v=7H3xbOKrwAp9RiqZZ94xWGgAYucuwaKSFCEHZoz%25mmd2F70epAo2hJoZ0rWq3YIh5JY0R.


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