Abbozzo
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /əˈbɔtˌsoʊ/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Abbozzo is a noun meaning (art) A rough drawing or model.
Meaning
(art) A rough drawing or model.
Example Sentences
Either way, it is far enough advanced beyond the early abbozzo stage that it would be better to designate it as "unfinished" than as an abbozzo.
We speak of a typical instance. Now what is typical? It is derived from the Greek τύπος, the name which Greek artists used of their first sketches, the abozzi of the Italians.
But as regards the first six, might they not be mistaken for an abbozzo or first sketch of the Bill which was presented to Parliament in April 1886, one hundred and one years later?
Word Forms
- abbozzi
Related Words
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