Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A usually scaled-down version or model of an intended work such as a sculpture or mural.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The first sketch, in wax or clay, from which a work in sculpture is elaborated. Wax maquettes are often employed by painters in arranging compositions.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a preliminary
model orsketch used in preparation for making asculpture
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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This hand-painted cold-cast porcelain maquette of Owlman is based on art from the highly anticipated Warner Home Video made-for-DVD animated original movie, Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths!
DC Comics for February 2010 | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009
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Maquettes, for example, are models built to help explain an architectural or sculptural commission to people who are no good at understanding arm-waving and verbal explanation: [A maquette] is used to visualize and test shapes and ideas without incurring the cost and effort of producing a full scale product.
Archive 2008-08-01 Heather McDougal 2008
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Maquettes, for example, are models built to help explain an architectural or sculptural commission to people who are no good at understanding arm-waving and verbal explanation: [A maquette] is used to visualize and test shapes and ideas without incurring the cost and effort of producing a full scale product.
Getting Small: Toys and Miniatures Heather McDougal 2008
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In addition to Sato's original painting, used as inspiration for the 1969 mosaic, the design team had access to a 31 / 2-foot-diameter glass mosaic "maquette" - or model - of
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"We make a scale model, called a maquette, of the piece we want to sculpt, and from that we create our final work."
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"We make a scale model, called a maquette, of the piece we want to sculpt, and from that we create our final work."
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The sculpting process is the same but the foundation of the character / puppet building process is the maquette, that is the beginning.
Character Design 2009
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Scratch Fury limited-edition resin maquette, which is really neat-looking.
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The Europeana 'maquette' was launched in February, showing how might work in a few years time.
Archive 2008-04-01 Mia 2008
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The Europeana 'maquette' was launched in February, showing how might work in a few years time.
Notes from 'Museums and Europeana - the European Digital Library' at MCG's Spring Conference Mia 2008
bilby commented on the word maquette
"A bronze maquette (scale model) of the angel, created by the artist to help envisage the final work, appeared on the BBC's 'Antiques Roadshow' on November 16, 2008. It was given an estimated price of 1 million pounds, the highest valuation ever given to an item on the show."
- The Sunday Post (Scotland), 11 January 2009, with reference to the Angel Of The North sculpture.
January 12, 2009