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English translation: (e.g.: palaeolithic) engraving; incised/scratched drwg (loosely: ) carving. Cf. intaglio (- drwg, - work)
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| German to English translations [PRO] Art/Literary - Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting | |||||||
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| 3 +2 | (palaeolithic) engraving; intaglio, incised... |
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| 4 | sketch |
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| 3 | petroglyph |
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| 2 | wall carvings |
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wall carvings Explanation: I'm not entirely certain... |
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petroglyph Explanation: Dictionary.com says: a drawing or carving on rock, made by a member of a prehistoric people. I have never seen 'petroglyph' used to refer to cave paintings, only to carvings in the rock. We have quite a few in the US Southwest. Reference: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/petroglyph |
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sketch Explanation: IMHO - sketch/es (on the cave walls). The previous term Felsmalerei refers to rock, wall, etc., so you can use just "cave paintings and sketches". |
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peer agreement (net): +2(palaeolithic) engraving; intaglio, incised... Explanation: Based on the native-Eng. website below (text via Bristol Univ.), with refs to French and Spanish cave drawings. Engraving & engraved occur often; carving once, in a caption. (this isn't to quibble with 'petroglyph' - although 'engraving' accords to the 'Ritz-' element, and petroglyph is a larger category. Browsing for <palaeolithic+drawing> is quite promising. M.L. Apelt, German-Eng. Dict.: Art History - Archaeology (Berlin: Erich Schmidt Vlg., 1982, offers 'incised picture, scratched picture' for RitzBILD. But it's a small dictionary for a period from present to prehistory. INTAGLIO (more at home in printmaking, but not only) is incised-line work. Very generally, INCISED and CARVED would't be amiss. Wikipedia has 'incised' under the heading 'Themes and Patterns' (2nd www ref below) Example sentence(s):
Reference: http://www.physorg.com/news106403952.html Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cave_painting |
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