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- noun Plural form of
maquette .
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Examples
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Pierre invites François Pignon, a man that works for the French IRS and makes "maquettes" to forget his beloved wife, who had went away with a friend of him two years ago, for the dinner.
Wes Anderson to Write, Possibly Direct “My Best Friend” Remake | /Film 2008
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Nothing like the Italians years later who would clean out his studio of large "project drawings" and sculpture maquettes.
Mat Gleason: Art Passing: Mark Kostabi Remembers Dennis Oppenheim Mat Gleason 2011
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The only thing that is Vorticist about the piece is Gaudier-Brzeska's direct carving, without prior clay models or plaster-of-Paris maquettes – an earnest of Vorticist energy, of vitalism.
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We see in the show the expansion of Rietveld's range, from furniture design to shop displays to architecture, and it is fascinating to see the maquettes and drawings that have survived from his office.
A World Where Less Made More Colin Amery 2011
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Her text pieces look like unsolvable anagram clues, her sculptures like unruly architectural maquettes.
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So Francis, if you could please make a post on the website informing everyone that the maquettes will be shipped out IMMEDIATELY after we receive them, please.
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But when he received subsequent maquettes, there were small scratches on the pieces, which the workers saw as a non-issue in terms of function.
With a Little Help, an Artist Shows His Metal Kimberly Chou 2012
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Nothing like the Italians years later who would clean out his studio of large "project drawings" and sculpture maquettes.
Mat Gleason: Art Passing: Mark Kostabi Remembers Dennis Oppenheim Mat Gleason 2011
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So Francis, if you could please make a post on the website informing everyone that the maquettes will be shipped out IMMEDIATELY after we receive them, please.
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While his usual creative tactic means presenting mystifying photographs taken from architectural models, here he chooses a set of maquettes by architect John Lautner, whose sexy, modernist Elrod House featured in the 1971 Bond movie Diamonds Are Forever.
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