mise au carreau
English translation: squaring or squaring off
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| French to English translations [PRO] Art/Literary - Photography/Imaging (& Graphic Arts) / composition of photographs | |||||||
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| 5 +1 | squaring up |
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| 4 | squaring or squaring off |
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| 4 | transferred onto a a grid |
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| 1 +1 | [explanation] |
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peer agreement (net): +1squaring up Explanation: Technique of copying/enlarging |
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squaring or squaring off Explanation: A method for transferring a drawing to another surface on a different scale, especially to a larger surface that is to be painted, such as a canvas or a wall. (...) the drawing is ruled off into squares, and the same number of squares are then ruled on the surface to which the drawing is to be transferred. Each square of the drawing is then copied freehand onto the corresponding square of the other surface. Reference: http://www.btb.termiumplus.gc.ca/tpv2alpha/alpha.html?i=&lan... |
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13 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1[explanation] Explanation: I don't know if it has a name in EN, but there is a compositional technique — more a guideline, really — that divides the image frame up into three horizontal rows and three vertical columns — like a 0's and X's grid — so you have a total of nine smaller squares (or rectangles or whatever). The theory is that you should then try and align important picture details — main subject, horizon, prominent lines, etc. — along these axes. I suppose the point is that the uninitiated might simply be tempted to align things along the imaginary centre-lines of the image, which would supposedly lead to a 'dull' composition. The reason I think this is what is being referred to is of course that the resulting grid looks very much like viewing your scene through a window with nine panes. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2009-01-27 19:58:57 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Well, appealing as my idea seemed at first, Kashew has obviously got it right, as a very quick Google search all too quickly revealed. E.g.: La mise au carreau Une méthode pour faciliter le dessin : la mise au carreau. www.artaven.com/mise-au-carreau.htm So please disregard this answer as irrelevant! |
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