Dec 4, 2008 12:53
15 yrs ago
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Italian term
apparato plastico
Italian to English
Art/Literary
Architecture
Here's the entire phrase:
L’esemplare fusione tra i dipinti secenteschi già esistenti e l’apparato plastico dell’intervento di completamento e arricchimento, condotto da Giacomo Serpotta nel primo ventennio del ‘700, fa di questo sito un vero capolavoro di ricerca compositiva e narrazione semantica.
I'm having some difficulty translating both 'apparato' and 'plastico' in the whole document.
In some cases I'm omiting the word 'apparato' as it seems to be superfluous, as advised on Proz by another user.
In this case, the words are fundamental to the sense of the sentence, so I'm at a loss as to how to translate it.
Just to note that the piece is about a 17th Century church, so the word 'plastic' in English seems to grate. It just sounds so modern to me, I find it hard to use in relation to a historic period.
Thanks.
L’esemplare fusione tra i dipinti secenteschi già esistenti e l’apparato plastico dell’intervento di completamento e arricchimento, condotto da Giacomo Serpotta nel primo ventennio del ‘700, fa di questo sito un vero capolavoro di ricerca compositiva e narrazione semantica.
I'm having some difficulty translating both 'apparato' and 'plastico' in the whole document.
In some cases I'm omiting the word 'apparato' as it seems to be superfluous, as advised on Proz by another user.
In this case, the words are fundamental to the sense of the sentence, so I'm at a loss as to how to translate it.
Just to note that the piece is about a 17th Century church, so the word 'plastic' in English seems to grate. It just sounds so modern to me, I find it hard to use in relation to a historic period.
Thanks.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 | expressive painting |
Ana-Maria Badea
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| 4 | stucco modelling (in context) |
Sarah Jane Webb
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| 4 | series of sculptures |
Mary Carroll Richer LaFlèche
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Proposed translations
25 mins
Ana-Maria Badea
Italy
Italy
Italy
Professionalism & Punctuality
Works in: Italian to Romanian, Romanian to Italian, English to Romanian, and 3 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
2
Selected
expressive painting
Hi,
In this context, the correct definition of the terms are:
ap|pa|rà|to (I thought in this case you can substitute it with : system, art, painting, etc.)
s.m.
CO
1a l’insieme degli addobbi e dei preparativi per cerimonie, manifestazioni e sim.: una festa con un grande a. di luci e di decorazioni
plà|sti|co
agg., s.m.
CO
4 estens., spec. nell’arte figurativa, che crea, che suggerisce l’idea della pienezza delle forme, del movimento elegante e armonico: effetto p. del drappeggio | in letteratura, che produce un effetto di particolare concretezza ed espressività: descrizione plastica di un viaggio
http://www.demauroparavia.it/83745
Hope this could help :) Have a nice day!
In this context, the correct definition of the terms are:
ap|pa|rà|to (I thought in this case you can substitute it with : system, art, painting, etc.)
s.m.
CO
1a l’insieme degli addobbi e dei preparativi per cerimonie, manifestazioni e sim.: una festa con un grande a. di luci e di decorazioni
plà|sti|co
agg., s.m.
CO
4 estens., spec. nell’arte figurativa, che crea, che suggerisce l’idea della pienezza delle forme, del movimento elegante e armonico: effetto p. del drappeggio | in letteratura, che produce un effetto di particolare concretezza ed espressività: descrizione plastica di un viaggio
http://www.demauroparavia.it/83745
Hope this could help :) Have a nice day!
2 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you."
3 hrs
Sarah Jane Webb
Native in Italian
&
English
Away with words
Native in: Italian (Variant: Standard-Italy) 
, English (Variant: UK)
Works in: Italian to English, English to Italian, English, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
46
stucco modelling (in context)
See ref. on the work of Giacomo Serpotta
Traditional stone sculpture presumes defining a form from a solid mass, forcing the artist to think in terms of the absence of the space (negative space) he carves away to reveal form. Stucco and terra cotta, conversely, entail the development of forms from existing mass. In other words, mass is created directly with a workable substance (stucco or clay), rather than removed from a brittle substance (stone). In reality, the two artforms --stone sculpture and "plastic" modeling-- require completely different ways of thinking on the part of the artist.
http://www.bestofsicily.com/mag/art72.htm
Traditional stone sculpture presumes defining a form from a solid mass, forcing the artist to think in terms of the absence of the space (negative space) he carves away to reveal form. Stucco and terra cotta, conversely, entail the development of forms from existing mass. In other words, mass is created directly with a workable substance (stucco or clay), rather than removed from a brittle substance (stone). In reality, the two artforms --stone sculpture and "plastic" modeling-- require completely different ways of thinking on the part of the artist.
http://www.bestofsicily.com/mag/art72.htm
3 hrs
Mary Carroll Richer LaFlèche
Italy
Italy
Native in English
Specializes in field
Italy
work, work, work!!
Native in: English , French
Works in: Italian to English, Italian to French, French to English, and 3 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
116
series of sculptures
Giacomo Serpotta was a sculptor and wikipedia claims churches are full of his stuccos.
Discussion
'I thought in this case you can substitute it with : system, art, painting, etc.)'
I awarded the points as I felt it was the answer that helped me most with the translation, even if I didn't use the suggested words in my translation. Perhaps I should only award points for the translation provided and not the explanation?