Also means
preliminary sculpture in clay
Usage Note
Tonmodell is a preparatory model made of clay, used by sculptors before casting in bronze or carving in stone. It allows quick adjustments and is an essential step in professional sculptural practice.
Examples
"Das Tonmodell für die Bronzestatue wurde sorgfältig in der Werkstatt aufbewahrt."
Natural Translation
The clay model for the bronze statue was carefully preserved in the workshop.
Literal Translation
The clay-model for the bronze-statue was carefully preserved in-the workshop.
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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