maquette
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of maquette
1900–05; < French < Italian macchietta, diminutive of macchia a sketch, complex of lines < Latin macula mesh, spot
Example Sentences
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To demonstrate, Close’s meticulously detailed head of mustachioed “Robert,” 9 feet tall, is installed next to its maquette, an enlarged and subdivided black-and-white photograph overlaid with a tight grid.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2024
The maquette, a preliminary clay model of the statue, captures his charming smile and Frank sitting on a river’s edge as salmon leap from the water.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 15, 2024
The concept model, also known as a maquette, had been presented by Rambaldi to “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial” director Steven Spielberg for approval.
From Washington Times • Dec. 21, 2022
The imbas drew curators’ eyes and sparked a studio epiphany when Leigh placed a small ceramic head on the maquette of a hut.
From New York Times • Apr. 14, 2022
So North probably saw not a working model, or even a maquette, but a drawing—hence his insistence that he had only seen it in model.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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