Also means
act
Usage Note
Akt in visual arts means a nude study or figure, as in einen Akt zeichnen. The same word means an act in a play or an administrative file, so context matters.
Examples
"Die Akademie bot Kurse im Zeichnen nach dem Akt an."
Natural Translation
The academy offered courses in life drawing from the nude.
Literal Translation
The academy offered courses in-the drawing after the nude on.
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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)
- Aktmalerei nude painting; figure painting
- Aktmodell life model; nude model (for drawing or painting)
- Aktzeichnung life drawing, figure drawing (of the nude)
- Altarbild altarpiece
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