Maquette
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /mæˈkɛt/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Maquette is a noun meaning A preliminary model or sketch used in preparation for making a sculpture.
Meaning
A preliminary model or sketch used in preparation for making a sculpture.
More Meanings
- (art, ambitransitive, rare) To prepare a maquette (of).
Example Sentences
His presence would be an affront to my body; so, for it, there would be the rare delight of extinguishing an imperfect and distressed version of itself, a prototype, a maquette.
And I thought, if I can imagine this place in real life, I can build it in the studio and then paint from the maquette as if it were a real landscape. In terms of process this was a breakthrough for me[…]
Word Forms
- maquettes
- maquetting
- maquetted
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include mockup, modelbuilding, moulage, modell, moulder, manikin.
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