Meaning of maquette | Babel Free

Definitions

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

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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.”

“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[…]”

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