Definition

Noun: 1. Lithographic stone; lithographic slab: A flat, smooth piece of stone, typically limestone, used in the traditional art and process of lithography. An image or text is drawn or etched onto the stone's surface with a greasy substance, which is then treated chemically so that ink adheres only to the drawn areas for printing.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Nghệ nhân đang khắc hình lên một tấm thạch bản. (The artisan is carving an image onto a lithographic stone.)
  • Kỹ thuật in thạch bản đòi hỏi sự tỉ mỉ cao. (The lithographic stone printing technique requires great meticulousness.)
  • Bảo tàng lưu giữ nhiều thạch bản cổ có giá trị. (The museum preserves many valuable ancient lithographic slabs.)

Advanced Usage

• This is a specialized technical term primarily used in the contexts of traditional printmaking, art history, and antique printing technology. It is not commonly used in everyday conversation.
• The term directly refers to the physical stone slab itself, not the printed product or the general technique (which is "in thạch bản" or "kỹ thuật in thạch bản").

Variants and Related Words

• In thạch bản (n): Lithography (the printing technique).
  • Tác phẩm này được tạo ra bằng kỹ thuật in thạch bản. (This artwork was created using the lithography technique.)
• Bản khắc đá (n): Stone engraving/etching (a more general term that can include other stone-based printing methods).

Synonyms

• Đá in litho: Litho printing stone (a descriptive synonym).
• Phiến đá in: Printing stone slab (a descriptive synonym).

Related Phrases/Compounds

• Nghệ thuật thạch bản: The art of lithography.
• Bản in từ thạch bản: A print from a lithographic stone.

noun

1. slab of lithographic stone