Glossary entry

Italian term or phrase:

Venere Alata (here)

English translation:

Vittoria Alata (winged Victory statue)

Added to glossary by Lara Barnett
Oct 2, 2018 18:39
5 yrs ago
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Italian term

Venere Alata (here)

Italian to English Art/Literary Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting Artist\'s work (contempor
Winning Prize details of a contemporary artists (from her CV/Biography page).

[Year] Vincitrice del Premio Moretto e consegna della Venere Alata, Concorso Moretto, 43° edizione, Associazione Artestrasse, Brescia.

I know this could be describing a statue of the winged Venus, but (should this be the case)I cannot see how it relates to the context here.
Proposed translations (English)
4 +1 Vittoria Alata (winged Victory statue)

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Vittoria Alata (winged Victory statue)

It seems from this reference that the premio Moretto presents the winner with a winged Victory award and not a Venus. In that case I understand it to mean that the artist was at the prize giving ceremony as a special guest and presented the statuette to the winner of that year's contest.


Da 49 anni il “Premio Moretto Città di Brescia” rappresenta il riconoscimento più longevo della città, che mette in palio per i vincitori non una ricompensa in denaro ma simbolici segni di partecipazione: attestati di pergamena, una medaglia ricordo con l’effige del Moretto realizzata dall’incisore bresciano Medici, una Vittoria Alata per il vincitore assoluto delle categorie Pittura, Scultura, Grafica, Arte Sacra,

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Note added at 22 mins (2018-10-02 19:01:48 GMT)
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http://www.comune.brescia.it/news/2016/agosto/Pagine/Premio-...

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Note added at 29 mins (2018-10-02 19:09:23 GMT)
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https://www.itineraribrescia.it/vittoria-alata/

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Note added at 15 hrs (2018-10-03 10:07:12 GMT)
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Well if it is the Moretto Award there seems to be a Winged Victory but no Venus.
Note from asker:
The artist's biography states "Venere", as did her clarification of the phrase when I questioned it. This is confusing.
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agree philgoddard
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