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maquette
/mæˈkɛt/
noun 1verb 1
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2VERB + MAQUETTE
paint
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from
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noun
1
A preliminary model or sketch used in preparation for making a sculpture.
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[…]
verb
1
To prepare a maquette (of).
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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.
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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 m
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