Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Italian term or phrase:
concentrazione
English translation:
concise/condensed pictorial representation
Added to glossary by
Sebastian Haywood-Ward
Oct 27, 2009 19:21
14 yrs ago
Italian term
concentrazione
Italian to English
Art/Literary
Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting
Painting
Dipinto di alta concentrazione pittorica e di notevole interesse storico artistico - how might I interpret 'concentrazione' here? Is 'focus' adequate?
Proposed translations
(English)
4 | concise/condensed pictorial representation |
Sarah Jane Webb
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3 +3 | intensity |
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Proposed translations
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concise/condensed pictorial representation
The pictorial style described, as I understand it, is "condenced".
That enriching compression of Spenser's style generally helped inspire the ... 1819 poems: the condensed pictorial representation of mental conflict through ...
books.google.com/books?isbn=0271007060
La materia, vitale e tenerissima si depura per via di concentrazione pittorica; l’immagine ciclica si assesta da un’opera all’altra trovandosi sempre di più a suo agio, espellendo il sovrappiù, immettendo nuovi valori determinanti”
http://www.nonsolocinema.com/Dalle-acque-del-fiume-o-dal.htm...
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Note added at 2 hrs (2009-10-27 21:47:24 GMT)
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Tito è artista di sapienza pittorica, di delicatezza, meditazione e concentrazione pittorica;... ha poi un'altra caratteristica, ... di contenere tutta l'immagine entro un formato piccolo ... riduce ogni cosa all'essenziale, elimina particolari, aggiunte, contorni, prospettive, concentra tutto, quasi sempre, sulla figura;
http://www.giuseppeceli.it/presentazione_tassi.html
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Note added at 2 hrs (2009-10-27 21:51:27 GMT)
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Ooops, sorry: just noticed a typo in the first line. I meant "condensed" of course.
Time to put myself to bed.
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Note added at 11 hrs (2009-10-28 07:08:52 GMT)
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After all that my suggestion is "concision"
26 Sep 2007 ... matches the somewhat unresolved and free painting style in the foreground, as compared to the concision of narrative and landscape in ...
www.tate.org.uk/britain/exhibitions/.../room2.shtm
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Note added at 11 hrs (2009-10-28 07:20:26 GMT)
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The picture, a marvel of narrative as well as ***pictorial concision,*** ... National Gallery of Art. "Painting in Naples 1606–1705: From Caravaggio to Giordano," ...
www.metmuseum.org/...paintings/.../objectview.aspx?..
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Note added at 8 days (2009-11-04 21:10:45 GMT) Post-grading
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My pleasure. Art is a great passion of mine, so I really enjoyed the research. Sarah
That enriching compression of Spenser's style generally helped inspire the ... 1819 poems: the condensed pictorial representation of mental conflict through ...
books.google.com/books?isbn=0271007060
La materia, vitale e tenerissima si depura per via di concentrazione pittorica; l’immagine ciclica si assesta da un’opera all’altra trovandosi sempre di più a suo agio, espellendo il sovrappiù, immettendo nuovi valori determinanti”
http://www.nonsolocinema.com/Dalle-acque-del-fiume-o-dal.htm...
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Note added at 2 hrs (2009-10-27 21:47:24 GMT)
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Tito è artista di sapienza pittorica, di delicatezza, meditazione e concentrazione pittorica;... ha poi un'altra caratteristica, ... di contenere tutta l'immagine entro un formato piccolo ... riduce ogni cosa all'essenziale, elimina particolari, aggiunte, contorni, prospettive, concentra tutto, quasi sempre, sulla figura;
http://www.giuseppeceli.it/presentazione_tassi.html
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Note added at 2 hrs (2009-10-27 21:51:27 GMT)
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Ooops, sorry: just noticed a typo in the first line. I meant "condensed" of course.
Time to put myself to bed.
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Note added at 11 hrs (2009-10-28 07:08:52 GMT)
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After all that my suggestion is "concision"
26 Sep 2007 ... matches the somewhat unresolved and free painting style in the foreground, as compared to the concision of narrative and landscape in ...
www.tate.org.uk/britain/exhibitions/.../room2.shtm
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Note added at 11 hrs (2009-10-28 07:20:26 GMT)
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The picture, a marvel of narrative as well as ***pictorial concision,*** ... National Gallery of Art. "Painting in Naples 1606–1705: From Caravaggio to Giordano," ...
www.metmuseum.org/...paintings/.../objectview.aspx?..
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Note added at 8 days (2009-11-04 21:10:45 GMT) Post-grading
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My pleasure. Art is a great passion of mine, so I really enjoyed the research. Sarah
Note from asker:
thank you for so much help! The painting is a capriccio - veduta by Francesco di Guardi. Devoid of unnecessary detail is probably more appropriate than intense. Thank you once again - so kind of you to help |
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "thank you for extremely kind research"
+3
1 hr
intensity
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Peer comment(s):
agree |
Oliver Lawrence
: "painterly intensity"
15 mins
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grazie !
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agree |
Shera Lyn Parpia
9 hrs
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thank you !
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agree |
Bianca Marsden-Day
13 hrs
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thank you !
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Discussion
Luigi Tito's work is one example:
http://www.giuseppeceli.it/pittori_preferiti_tito.html
and so is Nocentini's:
http://www.nonsolocinema.com/Dalle-acque-del-fiume-o-dal.htm...