stilisierten

Stilisierten is the simple past (Präteritum) form of the German verb stilisieren, meaning to stylize or render in a stylized form. The verb stems from Stil (style) and the suffix -isieren. In artistic and design contexts, stilisieren denotes transforming a subject to emphasize characteristic features or to simplify details according to a defined style rather than to reproduce a natural appearance. The past tense form stilisierten is used to describe such actions as completed in the past, especially in narrative or critical writing: Die Künstler stilisierten die Motive, um sie dem zeitgenössischen Stil anzupassen.

The corresponding past participle is stilisiert, which is commonly used as an adjective or in perfect tenses, for example stilisierte Darstellungen or Die Motive wurden stilisiert. The term is widely employed in art history, architecture, typography, film, and illustration to indicate intentional departure from realism in favor of abstraction, symbolism, or formal simplification. Etymologically, it derives from Stil and the verb suffix -isieren; its use is more frequent in German-language criticism than in everyday speech.