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Bilderstreit

English translation: pictorial polemic

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German term or phrase:Bilderstreit
English translation:pictorial polemic
Entered by: casper (X)

09:44 Dec 20, 2006
German to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Photography/Imaging (& Graphic Arts)
German term or phrase: Bilderstreit
This is the title of a coming exhibition.
Context:
**Bilderstreit**
Durchbruch der Moderne um 1930

1932 organisierte der Schweizerische Werkbund eine Ausstellung mit namhaften Schweizer Fotografen, welche die neue fotografie propagierten – ein Manifest gegen die traditionellen Bildauffassungen der sogenannten Piktorialisten. Die vor kurzem wieder entdeckten Originale aus jener Ausstellung geben Anlass, den **Bilderstreit** von damals neu zu beleuchten. Die hochkarätigen Vintageprints u.a. von Binia Bill, Hans Finsler, Herbert Matter, Robert Spreng und Anton Stankowski werden den Bildern von Fotografen gegenübergestellt, die mit weichen Konturen, getonten Papieren und romantischen Motiven weiterhin der Malerei des späten 19. Jahrhunderts nacheiferten. Weshalb lehnten sich die Avantgardisten so heftig gegen die "Kunst"-Fotografie auf? Mit welchen Argumenten wurden sie bekämpft? Und worauf beruhte schliesslich der Erfolg des "Neuen Sehens"? Die Ausstellung führt anschaulich ins Zentrum einer Kontroverse, die den Durchbruch der Moderne begleitete und die Fotografie des 20. Jahrhunderts nachhaltig prägte.
Leander1
Switzerland
Local time: 07:16
pictorial polemic
Explanation:
...to use an alliteration
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2pictorial polemic
casper (X)
4iconoclastic controversy
wolfgang55


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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
iconoclastic controversy


Explanation:
a storical term

wolfgang55
Local time: 07:16
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in ItalianItalian
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34 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
pictorial polemic


Explanation:
...to use an alliteration

casper (X)
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 11
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Henry Schroeder: "polemic" is good, though I think it had to do with photos/photography
5 mins
  -> Thanks! I thought 'picture' (in my suggested answer) was/is common to photos & photography?
agree  Paul Cohen: Yes, pictorial refers to the Piktorialisten (and images) and polemic to the Streit/Kontroverse. Sort of like: "What's Wrong with This Picture?"
3 hrs
  -> Thank you, Paul!
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