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Definition of Croquis
1. Noun. (arts) A quick and sketchy drawing, often of a live model. Croquis drawings are usually made in a few minutes, after which the model changes pose and another croquis is drawn. Croquis drawing can then be used as a foundation for another work of art such as a painting or as a work of art itself. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Croquis
1. a sketch [n CROQUIS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Croquis
Literary usage of Croquis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of W. E. Henley by William Ernest Henley, Robert Louis Stevenson (1908)
"croquis To GW THE beach was crowded. Pausing now and then, He groped and fiddled
doggedly along, His worn face glaring on the thoughtless throng The stony ..."
2. Bibliography of the Philippine Islands by Library of Congress, Appleton Prentiss Clark Griffin, Philip Lee Phillips, United States Bureau of Insular Affairs (1903)
"croquis de la marcha sobre Imus y ataque de A nabo 2." (24 M." 97). [Luzon]. ...
croquis de la marcha y ataque à Perez-Dasmarinas (24 y 25 febrero 1897). ..."
3. Medieval Architecture: Its Origins and Development, with Lists of Monuments by Arthur Kingsley Porter (1908)
"Splendid croquis (many in colors) of the ornament of Italy in all epochs.
Cahier et Martin. ... A great collection of colored croquis of medieval ornament. ..."
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