Meißelarbeit
chisel work; work carved with a chisel
noun MAI-sel-ar-bait Rare
Usage Note
Meißelarbeit refers to the process of shaping stone or metal with a Meißel (chisel). Fine Meißelarbeit in marble requires great skill to achieve smooth surfaces and delicate detail. Feminine noun.
Examples
"Die feine Meißelarbeit am Kapitell ließ auf hochqualifizierte Steinmetze schließen."
Natural Translation
The fine chisel work on the capital suggested highly skilled stonemasons.
Literal Translation
The fine chisel-work on the capital let on highly-skilled stonemasons conclude.
Related Words
- Abguss cast, casting (plaster or metal replica of a sculpture)
- Abstraktion abstraction (non-representational art)
- Acrylfarbe acrylic paint
- Akanthus acanthus (decorative leaf motif)
- Akt nude
- Aktmalerei nude painting; figure painting
- Aktmodell life model; nude model (for drawing or painting)
- Aktzeichnung life drawing, figure drawing (of the nude)
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