intermedial

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English

Etymology

From inter- +‎ medial: compare Latin intermedius.

Pronunciation

Adjective

intermedial (not comparable)

  1. Placed between; intermediate.
    • 1662, J[ohn] Evelyn, “Of Drawing, and Design prævious to the Art of Chalcography; and of the Use of Pictures in Order to the Education of Children”, in Sculptura: Or The History, and Art of Chalcography and Engraving in Copper. , London: J C for G. Beedle , and T Collins, , and J Crook , →OCLC, book I, page 107:
      The firſt and principal manner of Dravving is that vvith the pen; the next vvith Crayon, vvhither black, vvhite, red or any of the intermedial colours, upon paper either vvhite or colour'd: []
  2. (art) That combines several art media.
    • 2010, Sarah Bay-Cheng, Chiel Kattenbelt, Andy Lavender, Mapping Intermediality in Performance, page 283:
      Dr. Katia Arfara received her PhD in Art History from Paris I in 2006 with a focus on the intermedial relations between visual and performing arts since the 1960s.

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