Look up: Maquette

1. Maquette
   A model for a larger piece of sculpture. Often fascinating works in their own right, conveying the immediacy of the artist's first realisation of an idea.
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2. maquette
   (from the article `sculpture`) ...portrait or a private sculpture, the client may only require to see examples of the artist`s previous work; but if it is a public commission, the ...
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3. Maquette
   In sculpture, a small model in wax or clay, made as a preliminary sketch, presented to a client for his approval of the proposed work, or entered in a competition for a prize or scholarship. The Italian equivalent of the term is bozzetto, meaning small sketch.
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4. Maquette
   (Bozzetto): scale model for large sculpture: simple three dimensional sketch of a work
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5. Maquette
   :This article is about the architectural or sculptural model. For the Italian animator, please see Bruno Bozzetto. A `maquette` (French word for scale model, sometimes referred to by the Italian names `plastico` or modello) is a small scale model or rough draft of an unfi...
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