Usage Note
Staffelei is the stand that holds a canvas while painting. Note the feminine gender and the stress on the final syllable; the plural is Staffeleien.
Examples
"Sie stellte die Staffelei ans Fenster, um besseres Licht zu haben."
Natural Translation
She placed the easel by the window for better light.
Literal Translation
She placed the easel to-the window, around better light to have.
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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