cartoon
(Italian: cartone, ‘pasteboard’, ‘stiff paper’).A full-size drawing made for the purpose of transferring a design to a painting or tapestry or other (usually large) work. The drawing can represent the whole composition or merely a part of it, such as a single figure. Cartoons were an essential part of the process of making stained glass, and it was perhaps from this art that painters borrowed the idea; they were certainly employed in painting by the late 14th century, and by the middle of the 15th century they were used extensively in producing frescos (by ... ...
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