Relating to or characteristic of inlay work, especially in ancient decorative arts; embossed or incised.
Related to empaestic and Greek words for inlay work. A technical term in art history referring to specific decorative techniques in ancient pottery and metalwork.
Words like 'empaistic' show how different fields create their own specialized vocabularies—art historians have precise terms for techniques that no one outside the field uses, making expertise partly a matter of knowing the secret language.
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