Gravure

Word GRAVURE
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Definitions and meanings of "Gravure"

What do we mean by gravure?

A method of printing with etched plates or cylinders; intaglio printing. noun

Photogravure. noun

A plate used in the process of gravure. noun

A reproduction produced by gravure. noun

Same as photogravure. noun

A print or plate produced by photogravure. noun

A type of intaglio printing process, in which an image is engraved onto a rotating copper cylinder. noun

A printing process that uses an etched or engraved plate; the plate is smeared with ink and wiped clean, then the ink left in the recesses makes the print noun

An intaglio print produced by gravure noun

A printing plate used in the process of gravure noun

The act of intaglio printing noun

A type of intaglio printing process, in which an image is engraved onto a rotating copper cylinder.

A style of Japanese softcore; glamour photography.

Softcore glamor photography and videos of female models in Japan. It can range from clothed and tame to nude and provocative. (The older definition on here claimed the models were teens at the oldest, which is not true. Many gravure idols are in their 20s or older.) Urban Dictionary

An art form popular in Japan whereby a pre-teen or teen female idol poses for clothed, semi-clothed, or nude pictures in various positions and costumes. The pictures are published in magazine form, called photobooks, featuring only this female model and no others. Gravure idols feature race queens and pop idols who who to achieve celebrity by selling their images. Urban Dictionary

A gravure idol (グラビアアイドル gurabia aidoru), often abbreviated to gradol (グラドル guradoru), is a Japanese female model who primarily models in magazines, especially those marketed to men, photobooks, or DVDs. Gravure idols, in most cases, emphasize their sexual attractiveness and often model in swimsuits. Gravure idols appear in a wide range of photography styles and genres. Their photos are largely aimed at male audiences. Though they never appear nude, their poses are seen as semi-provocative. Gravure models may be of any age but usually range from their late teens to their mid-twenties. In addition to appearing in mainstream magazines, gravure idols often release their own professional photobooks and DVDs for their fans. Many popular female idols in Japan launched their careers by starting out as gravure idols. Gravure models are commonly photographed wearing bikinis or lingerie, but may also appear wearing schoolgirl uniforms, Japanese street fashion, and kimonos. Since 2008, ZAKZAK magazine has awarded a Gravure Idol Award. The word グラビア (gurabia), used in Japanese to describe female models of this kind, is derived from the English-language term rotogravure, which is a printing method that was once commonly used in the production of illustrated magazines. The modern meaning of the term "gravure idol" is thus loosely "magazine model", a reference to the medium in which most of the idols gain stardom. Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Gravure

The word "gravure" in example sentences

In addition to her appearances in many best-selling AVs, she has done several "gravure" or glamour photo shoots and videos. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Atsuko Maeda, 17, a member of idol group AKB48, on Sunday held an event to introduce her first "gravure" photo book at Fukuya-shoten book shop in Ginza. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Using a record-sized camera they take color shots of the material to be reproduced, etch the exposures so obtained on copper plates, and use the plates for printing by the gravure process on an extremely thin paperbacked film. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Mr. Petit, using the pseudonym Yvon, took exquisite postcard photographs of Paris that he had run off in England on a gravure press in lots of 10,000. ❋ William Meyers (2011)

Meanwhile, at the Bronx Museum of the Arts, Aperture is adding to its celebrations of the 100th anniversary of the Mexican Revolution and the 200th anniversary of the Mexican Independence Movement with a satellite showing of 20 gravure prints from Strand's 1967 edition of "The Mexican Portfolio." ❋ Unknown (2010)

The gravure of an intaglio printing plate requires many months of hard work and eats up many tens of thousands of dollars per plate. ❋ Unknown (2008)

"Traces" introduces a large body of new works from Leroux including froissées, peintures (oil on canvas with Leroux's burn technique), oil on paper with burns and gravure (engravings on zinc paper). ❋ Unknown (2010)

The problem was solved when John Crosfield developed the Autotron colour register control system, the first off-the-shelf system to guarantee perfect register on large gravure presses. ❋ Steve (2010)

The pornography category used the Japanese グラビア, gravure, which starts at swimsuit models and ends at … Actually, the Japanese term can refer to respectable portrait or clothes modelling, but I suspect that that is not what people are watching! ❋ Unknown (2007)

Though, there's nothing plus-size about Japanese idol gravure model Yuzuki Aikawa and she is nicknamed "Burin" (piggie) just because she likes collecting pig figurines - seems a trifle unfair. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Le Blon avoit une maniere plus prompte d'opérer, par le moyen d'une quatriéme planche en noir, qui dans l'ordre de la gravure & de l'impression passoit la premiere fous la presse .... ❋ Unknown (2006)

It can be printed offset/lithographically, gravure, screen printed, inkjet, or on a solid ink printer such as a Xerox Phaser. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Claude-Henri Watelet and Pierre-Charles Levesque, "Encaustique," in Dictionnaire des arts de peinture, sculpture et gravure (Paris, 1792), 2: 134 – 52. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Antoine-Joseph Pernety, "De la Peinture Encaustique," in Dictionnaire portatif de peinture, sculpture et gravure; avec un traité practique des différentes manieres de peindre (Paris, 1757), 296 – 7. ❋ Unknown (2006)

I was watching a gravure [video] of [Yoko Matsugane] and having [a good time]. ❋ Psyduck1 (2009)

[We don't] have gravure [idols] in the US since girls here just post [pictures] on their own websites. ❋ 1337 D00d (2005)

[Gravure] [Idols] are so [sweet] and beautiful! ❋ Rivv ·X· (2016)

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