Usage Note
Übermalung refers to paint applied over an existing layer, either as part of the original working method or as a later alteration. Conservators detect spätere Übermalung (later repaints) using infrared reflectography. Feminine noun.
Examples
"Eine spätere Übermalung hatte das ursprüngliche Motiv fast vollständig verborgen."
Natural Translation
A later repainting had almost completely concealed the original motif.
Literal Translation
A later over-painting had the original motif almost completely concealed.
Related Words
- Abguss cast, casting (plaster or metal replica of a sculpture)
- Abstraktion abstraction (non-representational art)
- Acrylfarbe acrylic paint
- Akanthus acanthus (decorative leaf motif)
- Akt nude
- Aktmalerei nude painting; figure painting
- Aktmodell life model; nude model (for drawing or painting)
- Aktzeichnung life drawing, figure drawing (of the nude)
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