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ouverture

English translation: opening up

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French term or phrase:ouverture
English translation:opening up
Entered by: B D Finch

14:51 Jun 1, 2012
French to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Materials (Plastics, Ceramics, etc.) / glass sculpture
French term or phrase: ouverture
A sculpor talking about his work: "Plus que l’œuvre réalisée et refermée, je cherche son écho, ses résonances visuelles, une ouverture véritable…".
kashew
France
Local time: 07:49
opening up
Explanation:
http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=vrhXCUlvNioC
Stephen David Ross - 1994 - Art - 692 pages
"The art work opens up in its own way the Being of beings. This opening up, i.e., this deconcealing, i.e., the truth of beings, happens in the work. In the art work, ..."

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana_Al-Hadid
"Her innovative work opens up new ground for the form and meaning of sculpture.” The sculptures have the appearance of unfinished buildings or archeological ..."

www.x-traonline.org/past_articles.php?articleID=161
"X-TRA Contemporary Art Quarterly ..... Most of all, the work opens up and unfolds a set of questions which remain to be answered, questions about the place of ..."

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B D Finch
France
Local time: 07:49
Grading comment
Thanks to you all
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +4opening / epiphany
DLyons
4 +1opening up
B D Finch
4a real opening
Salih YILDIRIM


  

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28 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
opening up


Explanation:
http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=vrhXCUlvNioC
Stephen David Ross - 1994 - Art - 692 pages
"The art work opens up in its own way the Being of beings. This opening up, i.e., this deconcealing, i.e., the truth of beings, happens in the work. In the art work, ..."

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana_Al-Hadid
"Her innovative work opens up new ground for the form and meaning of sculpture.” The sculptures have the appearance of unfinished buildings or archeological ..."

www.x-traonline.org/past_articles.php?articleID=161
"X-TRA Contemporary Art Quarterly ..... Most of all, the work opens up and unfolds a set of questions which remain to be answered, questions about the place of ..."



B D Finch
France
Local time: 07:49
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 24
Grading comment
Thanks to you all
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks, I thought of that but didn't dare.

Asker: In the end I did dare! Cheers!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Yvonne Gallagher
2 days 59 mins
  -> Thanks gallagy
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32 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
a real opening


Explanation:
Imho

Salih YILDIRIM
United States
Local time: 01:49
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in TurkishTurkish
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
opening / epiphany


Explanation:
Seems what's intended.

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Note added at 14 mins (2012-06-01 15:05:23 GMT)
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Yes, that's what I meant by both opening and epiphany (can't remember offhand which writer talked about such openings). But opening also covers the literal.

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Note added at 45 mins (2012-06-01 15:36:31 GMT)
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Speaking from memory, it was George Fox who had "openings".

DLyons
Ireland
Local time: 06:49
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
Notes to answerer
Asker: Yes, opening seems a safe bet. Epiphany in the sense "revelation" perhaps?


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  S Kelly: Would suggest using revelation and opening
32 mins
  -> Thanks Siobhan.
agree  katsy: agree with Siobhan - and BTW it was James Joyce, the epiphany, but I bet you knew really :-)
1 hr
  -> Thanks katsy. Yup, that's where I first heard the word!
agree  philgoddard
1 hr
  -> Thanks Phil.
agree  Yvonne Gallagher: think "epiphany" won't work here (not in Joycean sense anyway) but quite like "revelation" or simply "opening"
2 days 1 hr
  -> Thanks gallagy2. "epiphany" may be pushing it a bit all right.
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