intermedial

English

Etymology

From Latin intermedius +‎ -al. By surface analysis, inter- +‎ medial.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɪntə(ɹ)ˈmiːdi.əl/

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• Rhymes: -iːdiəl

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[ames] C[ottrel] for G. Beedle [i.e., Gabriel Bedell], and T[homas] Collins, […], and J[ohn] 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.

Derived terms

• intermediality

Further reading

• “intermedial”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.