His presence would be an affront to my body; so, for it, there would be the rare delight of extinguishing an imperfect and distressed version of itself, a prototype, a maquette.
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Maquette
/mæˈkɛt/
Synonyms for "maquette" (1 found)
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Noun(1 words)
artifact replica
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And I thought, if I can imagine this place in real life, I can build it in the studio and then paint from the maquette as if it were a real landscape. In terms of process this was a breakthrough for me[…]
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