Farbfeld
colour field; area of uniform colour in a painting
noun FARB-felt Rare
Also means
colour-field (as in Colour Field painting)
Usage Note
Farbfeld in art criticism refers both to a flat area of colour within a composition and to the American Colour Field painting movement. Mark Rothko's large Farbfelder are among its most celebrated examples.
Examples
"Das leuchtend blaue Farbfeld beherrschte die gesamte linke Hälfte des Gemäldes."
Natural Translation
The luminous blue colour field dominated the entire left half of the painting.
Literal Translation
The luminously-blue colour-field dominated the entire left half of-the painting.
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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