Restaurierung
restoration (of an artwork)
noun reh-stow-REE-rung Rare
Origin: from Latin restaurare, to restore
Usage Note
Restaurierung is the professional process of conserving and repairing damaged or deteriorated artworks. Governed by ethical guidelines: Restauratoren document all interventions and should not conceal them.
Examples
"Die Restaurierung der Sixtinischen Decke enthüllte die ursprüngliche Leuchtkraft der Farben."
Natural Translation
The restoration of the Sistine ceiling revealed the original luminosity of the colours.
Literal Translation
The restoration of the Sistine ceiling revealed the original luminous-power of the colours.
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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