Usage Note
Patina is the surface layer that forms on bronze or copper over time, often valued aesthetically. Figuratively it suggests the charm of age, as in eine edle Patina.
Examples
"Die jahrhundertealte Patina verleiht der Figur Würde."
Natural Translation
The centuries-old patina lends the figure dignity.
Literal Translation
The centuries-old patina lends the figure dignity.
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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