glacis géométriques

English translation: geometric layering

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French term or phrase:glacis géométriques
English translation:geometric layering
Entered by: kashew

07:51 Sep 3, 2014
French to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting / Report on urban and street art
French term or phrase: glacis géométriques
In a report about urban and street art in 2014. Describing an artist's work. context: "le Danois Morten Andersen, au travail de glacis géométriques sur toile". I realise that this artist's work involves geometric shapes, but how does this relate to the glaze? Is it the shapes that are geometric under the glaze, or the glaze applied in a way to produce a geometric result somehow? Thanks in advance!
Nicky Over
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geometric layering
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kashew
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3geometric slopes
Chris Maddux
3geometric layering
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geometric slopes


Explanation:
Quick Google search of glacis.

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Note added at 6 mins (2014-09-03 07:58:11 GMT)
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I think it has to do with how the brushstrokes are placed on the canvas.

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Note added at 12 mins (2014-09-03 08:04:00 GMT)
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en peinture, le glacis est une couche de couleur transparente posée en fin de travail pour augmenter la profondeur des teintes et régler l'harmonie colorée du tableau



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http://fr.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glacis#Le_glacis.2C_au_sens_m...

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geometric layering


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