Mar 23, 2010 13:32
14 yrs ago
Spanish term
Mexico
Fast and accurate, Latin American Sp.
Native in: English 
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
reserve
Spanish to English
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Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting
Describing specific paintings, I believe of an early Impressionist: "Esta vistosa escalinata que integra una elegante balaustrada y un gran capitel corintio está explicada, del mismo modo que el adoquinado del suelo, por las reservas del papel, acordadas con algunos traslúcidos lavados grises ..."
set out, marked by the RESERVES? or the blank areas? or white? where the paper is left untouched? Needless to say didn't get a copy of the painting...
set out, marked by the RESERVES? or the blank areas? or white? where the paper is left untouched? Needless to say didn't get a copy of the painting...
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +2 | unpainted areas |
Evans (X)
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| 4 +1 | untouched areas |
Fiona Kirton
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| 4 +1 | unworked area |
Jenni Lukac (X)
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| 3 +1 | the unfilled areas |
Bubo Coroman (X)
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References
| Catherine, |
Leonardo Lamarche
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Proposed translations
+2
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unpainted areas
"reserved" is in fact used, but for clarity these are often simply described as "unpainted areas"
Here are a few random samples from the web:
Cézanne’s progress - These unpainted areas that are characteristic of many of the late...
http://www.jstor.org/pss/3849143
For the most part, white is the result of areas left 'reserved' or unpainted against the plaster ground.
http://www.therafoundation.org/articles/art/cycladicstyleoft...
To achieve the effect of flowers in bright daylight, Hamilton has left unpainted areas of the white paper.
http://www.themagazineantiques.com/news-opinion/the-new-coll...
Here are a few random samples from the web:
Cézanne’s progress - These unpainted areas that are characteristic of many of the late...
http://www.jstor.org/pss/3849143
For the most part, white is the result of areas left 'reserved' or unpainted against the plaster ground.
http://www.therafoundation.org/articles/art/cycladicstyleoft...
To achieve the effect of flowers in bright daylight, Hamilton has left unpainted areas of the white paper.
http://www.themagazineantiques.com/news-opinion/the-new-coll...
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "thank you so much! and also for the cites."
+1
11 mins
the unfilled areas
maybe if you put the name of the painter and of the work into Google images a picture will come up
+1
1 hr
Fiona Kirton
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
United Kingdom
Physics graduate and former IT pro
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, English
Related KudoZ points
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24
untouched areas
"Bock reserves untouched areas of paper for highlights"
http://www.allbusiness.com/services/museums-art-galleries-bo...
"untouched areas of white will add vibrance and interest to your painting."
http://product.procreate.com/app/painter/7/Cher/watercolor_b...
http://www.allbusiness.com/services/museums-art-galleries-bo...
"untouched areas of white will add vibrance and interest to your painting."
http://product.procreate.com/app/painter/7/Cher/watercolor_b...
+1
1 hr
unworked area
(areas left blank or not filled in) for examples see: "peripheral areas have been left sketchy and unworked" http://www.museenkoeln.de/ausstellungen/wrm_0802_impressioni... (Mary Cassat); He can be found in all weathers, clement or otherwise, painting the ... He uses a vibrant neo-impressionist palette to render in oil all his wry lyrical eye sees. ... small areas of the canvas left unworked, or the blunt, honest titles ...; Cezanne's oeuvre is littered with paintings in various states of incompletion ... rights of unworked, unmarked areas made everything possible in modern art, ...
www.accessmylibrary.com/.../summary_0286-28495911_ITM - En caché
www.accessmylibrary.com/.../summary_0286-28495911_ITM - En caché
Reference comments
24 mins
Leonardo Lamarche
Venezuela
Venezuela
Native in Spanish
Venezuela
Leonardo Lamarche Translator
Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
Related KudoZ points
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16
Reference:
Catherine,
Te anexo una referencia que explica lo de reservas, pero no he encontrado su traducción al inglés (it's not reserve)
http://www.deseoaprender.com/CursoAcuarela/Lecc4Reservas.htm
http://www.deseoaprender.com/CursoAcuarela/Lecc4Reservas.htm
Peer comments on this reference comment:
| agree |
Rick Henry
: It looks like "white space" is used to isolate different parts of a painting. See: http://www.themorningnews.org/archives/galleries/white_space...
1 hr
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| agree |
Bubo Coroman (X)
: great reference Leonardo
1 hr
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