Maquette

Word MAQUETTE
Character 8
Hyphenation N/A
Pronunciations /mæˈkɛt/

Definitions and meanings of "Maquette"

What do we mean by maquette?

A usually scaled-down version or model of an intended work such as a sculpture or mural. noun

The first sketch, in wax or clay, from which a work in sculpture is elaborated. Wax maquettes are often employed by painters in arranging compositions. noun

A preliminary model or sketch used in preparation for making a sculpture noun

A preliminary model or sketch used in preparation for making a sculpture.

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The word "maquette" in example sentences

This hand-painted cold-cast porcelain maquette of Owlman is based on art from the highly anticipated Warner Home Video made-for-DVD animated original movie, Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths! ❋ Unknown (2009)

Maquettes, for example, are models built to help explain an architectural or sculptural commission to people who are no good at understanding arm-waving and verbal explanation: [A maquette] is used to visualize and test shapes and ideas without incurring the cost and effort of producing a full scale product. ❋ Heather McDougal (2008)

In addition to Sato's original painting, used as inspiration for the 1969 mosaic, the design team had access to a 31 / 2-foot-diameter glass mosaic "maquette" - or model - of ❋ Unknown (2008)

"We make a scale model, called a maquette, of the piece we want to sculpt, and from that we create our final work." ❋ Unknown (2010)

The sculpting process is the same but the foundation of the character / puppet building process is the maquette, that is the beginning. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Scratch Fury limited-edition resin maquette, which is really neat-looking. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The Europeana 'maquette' was launched in February, showing how might work in a few years time. ❋ Mia (2008)

The artwork here has no competition from noisy monitors, and the only screens are those on two discreet pillars that permit visitors to examine more closely the "maquette," or preliminary booklet, that Jean made for the first Babar. ❋ Unknown (2008)

What I’m looking for in a maquette are the unexpected nuances of light and form, such as the cast shadows from the long teeth. ❋ James Gurney (2010)

If they prefer they can begin by hand sculpting a maquette which is then scanned using a 3D laser scanner. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Jennings says the next step is for each finalist to develop a complete proposal, including a three-dimensional scale model or "maquette" and an illustration of the proposed artwork. ❋ Unknown (2009)

- une société de création multimédia à qui j'ai demandé de créer une "maquette" de page d'accueil et deux modèles de pages (page de rubrique principale, page de sous-rubrique) pour disposer d'une ligne graphique, ❋ Marie Lebert (N/A)

Mr. Fumaroli agrees: The courtly way of life is his maquette for the spread of human happiness he never mentions that you had to have the standing and the old money to enjoy it: "Elegance, politesse and a new sweetness of manners . . . prefigured a world in which each man's freedom could accommodate the equality of all." ❋ Frederic Raphael (2011)

Probably you might still want any sculptor to start off with a maquette for any piece you would need. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Ms. Gregory pointed out the simplicity of a single gardenia Mr. Todd used "to create atmosphere," the organic cheeses he was serving from a nearby farmer's market, his Maorian salt, and the maquette of a 1920s staircase placed on his dining room table. ❋ Marshall Heyman (2010)

On his table is a bronze maquette, the first step in a project to sculpt Katie Price in the tradition of Indian temple bronzes, which present female deities as earth goddesses with emphasised breasts – a comment "on the idea that these things still have primordial power over men". ❋ Unknown (2011)

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