Usage Note
Firnis is the protective transparent coat applied over a finished oil painting; it deepens colours and shields the surface. It is masculine: der Firnis; the verb is firnissen.
Examples
"Der alte Firnis hatte sich gelblich verfärbt."
Natural Translation
The old varnish had yellowed.
Literal Translation
The old varnish had itself yellowish discoloured.
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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