Relating to or characteristic of calotypes or the calotype photographic process.
Derived from 'calotype' plus the suffix '-ic' meaning 'of, relating to, or characterized by.' This adjective form emerged in the mid-19th century alongside the photography terminology.
Early photography critics used 'calotypic' to describe the soft, artistic quality of these images—which some loved for looking painterly and others criticized for not being sharp enough, showing how new technologies always divide people.
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