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Aktsaal

English translation: life room, life drawing room

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German term or phrase:Aktsaal
English translation:life room, life drawing room
Entered by: Stephen Old

12:10 Jul 25, 2010
German to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting / Art history, c 1800
German term or phrase: Aktsaal
I am translating some of the letters of Caspar David Friedrich and his brothers and friends. This letter describes a visit by Friedrich, Graf, Faber and some others to an "Ackt Saal" where some people were drawing (zeichnen). Is this a room specifically for painting nudes in the modern sense or just a "drawing room"
Stephen Old
United Kingdom
Local time: 01:35
life room, life drawing room
Explanation:
Drawing the naked figure is called life drawing, and the room in which it is done is the life room.

Figure drawing, also called Life Drawing, is drawing the naked human form.
http://drawsketch.about.com/od/lifeclasses/a/firstlifeclass....



This course is designed to provide you with an introduction to the skills required to draw from the life model. ... You will be taught about the etiquette of the life room at the start of the course. The model will be directed by the tutor to assume a series of short poses, to enable you to warm up and begin to observe.
http://www.leeds-art.ac.uk/home/studying/short-courses/lifes...


In most art schools the life drawing room was once central to learning, allowing students to observe the human form and render it into a two dimensional form.
http://www.thisistomorrow.info/viewArticle.aspx?artId=159&Ti...
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Armorel Young
Local time: 01:35
Grading comment
Thanks again Amorel, especially for all the references.
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2life drawing room
Jack Corrigall
3 +2life room, life drawing room
Armorel Young
3drawing room for nude paintings
Gertraud K.


  

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
drawing room for nude paintings


Explanation:
http://www.artnet.com/artwork/425398510/114890/salzburger-ak...
Salzburger Aktsaal
Jedes Semester bietet das Lektorat wöchentlich Kurse in Malen, Zeichnen, Akt- und Portraitmalerei an.

Every semester, the institute offers weekly courses on painting, sketching, nude painting and portrait painting.


Gertraud K.
Japan
Local time: 09:35
Native speaker of: German
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks Gertraud. This is a good start from a native speaker, Stephen

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
life drawing room


Explanation:
It seems likely that if several people are drawing together (rather than immediately painting), they are at the same place because there is a model to sketch.

The Royal Academy has a 'life drawing room' (see ref. below)

Venue
Royal Academy Schools
Life Drawing Room
Burlington House
Piccadilly
London W1J 0BD

http://www.newenglishartclub.co.uk/drawing_school.asp

Jack Corrigall
Germany
Local time: 02:35
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks a lot. I thought this might be the best option but I wanted to be sure.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Wendy Streitparth
1 hr
agree  Jenny Streitparth
7 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
life room, life drawing room


Explanation:
Drawing the naked figure is called life drawing, and the room in which it is done is the life room.

Figure drawing, also called Life Drawing, is drawing the naked human form.
http://drawsketch.about.com/od/lifeclasses/a/firstlifeclass....



This course is designed to provide you with an introduction to the skills required to draw from the life model. ... You will be taught about the etiquette of the life room at the start of the course. The model will be directed by the tutor to assume a series of short poses, to enable you to warm up and begin to observe.
http://www.leeds-art.ac.uk/home/studying/short-courses/lifes...


In most art schools the life drawing room was once central to learning, allowing students to observe the human form and render it into a two dimensional form.
http://www.thisistomorrow.info/viewArticle.aspx?artId=159&Ti...

Armorel Young
Local time: 01:35
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 48
Grading comment
Thanks again Amorel, especially for all the references.
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks Amorel. This is what I thought the correct translation would be and was suggested by "8transla8" too. I wanted to be sure I was using the right term.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jenny Streitparth
7 hrs
agree  British Diana
17 hrs
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