Also means
plastic
Usage Note
Plastik as a feminine noun means a three-dimensional artwork, especially a modelled one; as a neuter noun das Plastik means the material plastic. Gender disambiguates the senses.
Examples
"Vor dem Museum steht eine bronzene Plastik."
Natural Translation
A bronze sculpture stands in front of the museum.
Literal Translation
Before the museum stands a bronze sculpture.
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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