Usage Note
Modellstudie is a drawing or painting made by observing a live human model, intended to develop anatomical and compositional skills. Art academies traditionally required students to complete many Modellstudien. Feminine noun.
Examples
"Die Modellstudie in Öl auf Karton gilt als Vorbereitung für das großformatige Gemälde."
Natural Translation
The life study in oil on cardboard is considered preparation for the large-format painting.
Literal Translation
The life-study in oil on cardboard is considered as preparation for the large-format painting.
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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