Usage Note
Bildträger is the material on which a painting is made — canvas, wood panel, paper, copper. Conservators examine Bildträger condition when assessing a work's state. Masculine noun, also used in conservation contexts.
Examples
"Als Bildträger wählte der Künstler eine Holztafel statt Leinwand."
Natural Translation
As painting support, the artist chose a wooden panel instead of canvas.
Literal Translation
As image-carrier chose the artist a wooden panel instead of canvas.
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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