Glossary entry

Italian term or phrase:

iniziatiche

English translation:

initiatic; esoteric

Added to glossary by Catherine Harrison
Apr 24, 2004 23:54
20 yrs ago
Italian term

iniziatiche

Italian to English Art/Literary Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting schools/forms of art
Speaking of the works of Alberto Martini; perhaps a particular school of art (like surrealism, symbolist, etc.)
"nella ripresa simultanea di immagini simboliste e iniziatiche con più tardi riferimenti surrealisti."
Proposed translations (English)
4 +1 initiatic
3 +3 esoteric

Proposed translations

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23 mins
Selected

initiatic

As best I know the expression is also used in English

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Note added at 25 mins (2004-04-25 00:19:48 GMT)
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Note added at 28 mins (2004-04-25 00:23:21 GMT)
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Peer comment(s):

agree cjohnstone
9 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Definitely a cognate, so I think I'll use this as "Initiatic (Esoteric) . . ." Thanks everybody for your help!"
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5 hrs

esoteric

I'd say "esoteric". It's not a school of art, though, it refers to the imagery used by Martini in his work.
Try searching the Web for "esoteric" in combination with "symbolism" and/or "surrealism" you'll get plenty of hits.

"When the symbols are 'public' they usually act in an oblique manner, revealing themselves as archetypal symbols, which though familiar, have their central meanings obscured as is usual in esoteric imagery."

http://www.painterskeys.com/getquotes.asp?fname=sw&ID=286


"Now you have taken the first metaphysical step into the field of Surrealism. Now search for the esoteric and, at times, erotic compositions, the moral and philosophycal inventions outside the framework of reality and let your visual perception nourish your aesthetic appreciation of the disturbing and hallucinatory images of Surrealism."

http://www.josephcusimano.com/surreal/intro.htm


HTH

Sarah
Peer comment(s):

agree GAR
2 hrs
agree Catherine Bolton
3 hrs
agree Michele Balduzzi
4 hrs
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