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A maquette (French word for scale model
Scale model

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, sometimes referred to by the Italian names plastico or modello
Modello

A modello, from the Italian, is a preparatory study or model, usually at a smaller scale, for a work of art or architecture, especially one produced for the approval of the commissioning patron....
) is a small scale model
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 or rough draft
Rough Draft

Written in 2005, Moscow, Rough Draft by Sergey Lukyanenko is a fantasy novel of the "Parallel universe " genre, the first of a duology....
 of an unfinished architectural work or a sculpture
Sculpture

Sculpture is Three-dimensional space artwork created by shaping or combining hard and or plastic material, sound, and or text and or light, commonly Stone sculpture , metal, glass, or wood....
. It is used to visualize and test shapes and ideas without incurring the cost and effort of producing a full scale product. It is the analogue of the painter
Painting

Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . In art, the term describes both the act and the result, which is called a painting....
's cartoon
Cartoon

The word cartoon has various meanings, based on several very different forms of visual art and illustration. The term has evolved over time.The original meaning was in fine art, and there cartoon meant a preparatory drawing for a piece of art such as a painting or tapestry....
, modello, oil sketch
Oil sketch

An Oil sketch or oil study is an artwork made primarily in oil paints, and which is more abbreviated in handling than a fully finished painting....
 or drawn sketch
Sketch (drawing)

A sketch is a rapidly executed freehand drawing that is not intended as a finished work. If in oil paint it is called an oil sketch. In general, a sketch is a quick way to record an idea for later use....
. For commissioned sculptures, especially monumental public sculptures, a maquette may be used to show the client how the finished work will fit in the proposed site.






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A maquette (French word for scale model
Scale model

Sorry, no overview for this topic
, sometimes referred to by the Italian names plastico or modello
Modello

A modello, from the Italian, is a preparatory study or model, usually at a smaller scale, for a work of art or architecture, especially one produced for the approval of the commissioning patron....
) is a small scale model
Scale model

Sorry, no overview for this topic
 or rough draft
Rough Draft

Written in 2005, Moscow, Rough Draft by Sergey Lukyanenko is a fantasy novel of the "Parallel universe " genre, the first of a duology....
 of an unfinished architectural work or a sculpture
Sculpture

Sculpture is Three-dimensional space artwork created by shaping or combining hard and or plastic material, sound, and or text and or light, commonly Stone sculpture , metal, glass, or wood....
. It is used to visualize and test shapes and ideas without incurring the cost and effort of producing a full scale product. It is the analogue of the painter
Painting

Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . In art, the term describes both the act and the result, which is called a painting....
's cartoon
Cartoon

The word cartoon has various meanings, based on several very different forms of visual art and illustration. The term has evolved over time.The original meaning was in fine art, and there cartoon meant a preparatory drawing for a piece of art such as a painting or tapestry....
, modello, oil sketch
Oil sketch

An Oil sketch or oil study is an artwork made primarily in oil paints, and which is more abbreviated in handling than a fully finished painting....
 or drawn sketch
Sketch (drawing)

A sketch is a rapidly executed freehand drawing that is not intended as a finished work. If in oil paint it is called an oil sketch. In general, a sketch is a quick way to record an idea for later use....
. For commissioned sculptures, especially monumental public sculptures, a maquette may be used to show the client how the finished work will fit in the proposed site. The term may also refer to a prototype
Prototype

A prototype is an original type, form, or instance of something serving as a typical example, basis, or standard for other things of the same category....
 for a video game, film
Film

Film encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the film industry. Films are produced by recording images from the world with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or special effects....
, or any other type of media. Modello, unlike the other terms, is also used for sketches for two-dimensional works such as paintings.

Like oil sketch
Oil sketch

An Oil sketch or oil study is an artwork made primarily in oil paints, and which is more abbreviated in handling than a fully finished painting....
es, these works in progress can be at least as much sought after as completed works by highly regarded artists, showing the process of developing an idea. Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Gian Lorenzo Bernini

Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini was a pre-eminent Baroque sculpture and architect of 17th Century Rome....
, a sculptor from the Baroque
Baroque

In the the arts, the Baroque was a Western cultural Epoch , starting roughly at the beginning of the 17th century in Rome, Italy. It was exemplified by drama and grandeur in Baroque sculpture, Baroque painting, literature, Baroque dance, and Baroque music....
 period, made his bozzetti from wax
Wax

Wax has traditionally referred to a substance that is secreted by bees and used by them in constructing their honeycombs.It is an imprecisely defined term generally understood to be a substance with properties similar to beeswax, namely...
 or baked terracotta to show his patrons how the final piece was intended to look. Eleven of these bozzetti were displayed in an exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago
Art Institute of Chicago

The School of the Art Institute of Chicago is one of America's premiere fine arts colleges, located in Chicago, Illinois. It is associated with the museum of the same name, The Art Institute of Chicago, but is not related to, nor should be confused with, the chain of schools known as The Art Institutes....
 in 2004. Some museum
Museum

A museum is a "permanent institution in the service of society and of its development, open to the public, which acquires, conserves, researches, communicates and exhibits the tangible and intangible heritage of humanity and its environment, for the purposes of education, study, and entertainment", as defined by the International Coun...
s specialise in collections of maquettes, such as the Museo dei Bozzetti in Pietrasanta
Pietrasanta

Pietrasanta is a town and comune on the coast of northern Tuscany in Italy, in the province of Lucca. Pietrasanta straddles the last foothills of the Apuan Alps....
, Italy
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
.

The word "bozzetto" comes from the Italian word that means "sketch". Most often, the term refers to models who posed for sculpture; however, it also refers to painted sketches.

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  • at the Tate Gallery
    Tate Gallery

    Tate is the United Kingdom's national museum of British and Modern Art, and is a network of four art galleries in England: Tate Britain , Tate Liverpool , Tate St Ives and Tate Modern , with a complementary website, Tate Online ....
    's glossary.