0 a small model used by a sculptor before beginning the real work of art
1 a small model used by a sculptor before beginning the real work of art
The wooden figures are sewn onto a cloth base and are carefully positioned within the maquette.
Sometimes, small statues known as "maquettes" may be produced, so that an animator can see what a character looks like in three dimensions.
He was actively involved in the selection of the image and in approving the first sculpted maquette.
The boat was then constructed according to this maquette.
Such maquettes, simple versions of their highly complex biological counterparts, enable researchers to model the minimal requirements for function.
He began to create smaller scale maquettes that he then enlarged to monumental size.
By now a protocol had developed to produce small maquettes of the statue and sell them to finance the monuments.
The most successful models were cast into bronze and the bronze maquettes were then fabricated into larger bronze sculptures.
