lapidarist

“In this and similar exercises in landscape "painting," the virtuoso workmanship of the lapidarist veers dangerously toward kitsch, revealing why pietre dure lost esteem after the mid-19th century.”

The Wall Street Journal: Intricate Objects, From

“Once in a while, however, the mode produces a book as lapidarist and admirable as Norman MacLean's A River Runs Through It, published in 1976.”

Something Fishy in the Hamptons

“He created a form of light music which the years have striven vainly to copy. and just as the lapidarist may strive in vain to imitate a gem, so in turn they fail who strive to imitate Sullivan.”

Gilbert and Sullivan