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German to English Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting Translation Glossary

German term		English translation
mitgestaltet		integrated into the design

Modegraphik		fashion illustration

Modellhaftes/exemplarity/exemplariness		model(s)

Modler		mottler (brush)	Ursula Derx
Entered by: Ursula Derx
Momente		elements	Sarah Bessioud
Entered by: Sarah Bessioud
motivischer Realismus		realism of representational motif

musealisieren		turn / make into a museum piece

musivisch		musive

Mythos als Sprache		myth as language

N. S./Neue Serie		n.s./new series/ns

Nacharbeitung (im Sinne von Fertigstellung)		final/finishing touches	Cathrin Cordes
Entered by: Cathrin Cordes
Nachbild		lasting impression

nachgenäht		copied

nachrechenbare Perspektive		the rules of calculating perspective

Nachzeichnung		copy / tracing / reproduction

nervig		high-spirited, intense, vivacious, vibrant

Nessel		canvas, nettle cloth

nicht deckender Farbauftrag		translucent coating

nichts Vorgegebenes		nothing precedented/derived/pre-existent (Very context-bound. Widen it just a little & I'd 've backed the other answers here).

Noppenbelag		studded finish

Obblatt		upper / surmounting panel of an altarpiece / pinnacle

Objekt		object / material object / artefact

Objektgestaltung		three dimensional design

offener Erwartungsraum		open space of potential

offizielle Ausschreibung		official call for entries	Robert Paulig
Entered by: Robert Paulig
OSR/OSRn [person's name]		Oberschulrat/-rätin, Senior Teacher

Papierbahn		roll of paper

Parcours (here)		tour

pastos		impasto

Pendulen-Garnitur		clock set (with...)

perspektivische Verkleinerung		perspective

Petersburger Hängung		salon hang

Pfeifenmuster		Roman(esque) cabled fluting

Pinsel		brush	Laura Massey
Entered by: Laura Massey
Pinselhaar		Brush hair

Porenwalze		Check Roller	Ursula Derx
Entered by: Ursula Derx
Porzellananfaltung		porcelain pleating

Pottjes		decorative [floral] tiles

Prachtpendel		ornate pendulum

Produktion von Öffentlichkeit		creation of a public sphere	ibz
Entered by: ibz

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