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Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

lui ouvrant ainsi une voie royale…

English translation:

and opened up a whole new world (for it)...

Added to glossary by Wendy Cummings
Sep 1, 2010 17:19
13 yrs ago
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French term

lui ouvrant ainsi une voie royale…

French to English Art/Literary Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting
Talking about the painter Malevich, his "Black Square" and the use of the colour black in art:

Mais le geste audacieux que Kasimir Malevitch posa en 1915 en exposant son Carré noir sur fond blanc a propulsé le noir au rang des valeurs iconiques, lui ouvrant ainsi une voie royale…

Thanks for all suggestions
Proposed translations (English)
3 +2 and opened up a whole new world (for it)...
4 +1 golden path
4 providing it with mainstream status
3 paving the way for
2 giving it the respect it deserves

Discussion

Jack Dunwell Sep 1, 2010:
Have already posted But doesn't appear. Malevich a much better artist (I am told by my artist wife) than the suggestion that it was easy street just because he centred on black. He was actually a fine artist and "black" was just a vehicle at the time. However. Perhaps see Emma. But really the whole idea is very naff.
Wendy Cummings (asker) Sep 1, 2010:
I had misunderstood "lui" as referring to Malevich and not the colour
Wendy Cummings (asker) Sep 1, 2010:
My apologies for misinterpreting the value of the context.
philgoddard Sep 1, 2010:
I don't agree that this is "nothing of real use"- it's essential context.
Wendy Cummings (asker) Sep 1, 2010:
The article is actually about the use of the colour black in art, and only mentions Malevich as an example of an artist who made an impact in this way, so there is nothing more said about his career.
Wendy Cummings (asker) Sep 1, 2010:
I'm afraid... nothing of real use. The next paragraph reads: "S’il est omniprésent aux XXe et XXIe siècles dans les arts plastiques (Dubuffet, Serra, Broodthaers, Boltanski, …), revêtant une diversité de matières, de formes et de contenus, le noir s’est imposé également dans d’autres domaines de la création"
philgoddard Sep 1, 2010:
What comes after this? We need to know what happened as a result.

Proposed translations

+2
20 mins
Selected

and opened up a whole new world (for it)...

"It" being "black", of course. Suddenly, there was a whole new range of possiblities.
Peer comment(s):
agree philgoddard : Maybe "opened up a whole new world of possibilities".
7 mins
Ah yes, that's it! Thanks, Phil.
agree Wendy Streitparth
1 hr
neutral David Vaughn : Is this the voie royale that is being opened? Seems to me there are "a whole range of possibilities" the author could be referring to. I would think of royale more in terms of quality than quantity. Depth rather than range.
16 hrs
The following paragraph (see discussion box) suggests the emphasis is on quantity: "diversité", "d'autres domaines".
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks, this is a case where i had completely misread the context - never a good start!"
23 mins

paving the way for

suggestion
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25 mins

giving it the respect it deserves

Just a humble suggestion
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1 hr

providing it with mainstream status

black was the new black
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+1
11 hrs

golden path

might as well stay close to the original
Peer comment(s):
agree SMcG (X) : more poetic, as the work was about the absence and presence of all colours, as black is not a colour.
4 hrs
Thanks. The colour allusion may or may be positive - the Xlator will decide. But otherwise, this doesn't seem to risk adding other additional interpretation & value judgments that are not in the original.
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