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Italian to English translations [PRO] Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting | |||||||
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4 -1 | A Liberty style weightlessness |
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4 -1 | typical ethereal motifs of Modern Style/Art Nouveau |
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2 -1 | fineness à la Liberty |
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fineness à la Liberty Explanation: - |
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A Liberty style weightlessness Explanation: Liberty with capital letter and weightlessness as we are referring to the lightweight silk. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 22 hrs (2016-03-02 12:04:04 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- While closely related to the Art Nouveau movement with its highly linear forms, Liberty consciously shifted away from what he described as the "fantastic motifs which it pleases our continental friends to worship as l'Art Nouveau" (Escritt 328). This British form of Art Nouveau shied away from the erotic human form in its designs and instead relied more heavily on strong lines and organic details. While selling the goods of many other designers from across Europe, Liberty & Co. developed two of its own lines in order to further keep costs down: the Cymric line of silver goods and jewelry, and the Tudric line of pewter goods (example). Items of these two lines often also featured materials such as enamel and semiprecious stones. Liberty's use of mass production minimized the cost of its Cymric and Tudric lines. In particular, the Tudric line's use of relatively inexpensive pewter made the goods extremely affordable. Stylistically, these goods showed "strong celtic revival and Renaissance influences" (Escritt 331) as well as the characteristics commonly associated with the continental style of Art Nouveau. The Liberty Style often utilized the interaction of basic planes and lines to create clean and simple effects. The recognizable curves of Art Nouveau also appear in the Liberty Style's frequent use of the celtic knot and organic forms. Liberty's main goal for his store "was to combine utility and good taste with modest cost." leading to a highly successful combination of art and industry (Escritt 328). Unlike other retailers of Art Nouveau products both in England and continental Europe, Liberty's kept its manufacturing costs down in order to in turn keep its prices low. This differed greatly from the one of a kind, and therefore expensive, Art Nouveau objects offered by most other retailers such as La Maison de l'Art Nouveau in Paris (Haslam 113). This resulted in the immense popularity of Liberty Style objects due to its availability to members of the public despite their wealthy or social status. http://www.victorianweb.org/art/design/liberty/mariotti10.ht... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 22 hrs (2016-03-02 12:05:22 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- The cohesion of the Liberty Style stems from the store's policy of retaining the anonymity of its designers. It frequently changed and adapted designs in the manufacturing of its items, which reduced the differences in style of the store's many designers and gave Liberty's goods their own recognizable style. The Italians adopted the term "Stile Liberty" as their name for Art Nouveau itself because of the specific style created by Liberty & Co. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 22 hrs (2016-03-02 12:09:12 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Works Cited Arwas, Victor. The Liberty Style. London: Academy Editions, 1979. |
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typical ethereal motifs of Modern Style/Art Nouveau Explanation: "Stile Liberty'' is the Italian naming. The French naming (Art Nouveau) is very much used in English as well. See I link Art Nouveau (French pronunciation: [aʁ nuvo], Anglicised to /ˈɑːrt nuːˈvoʊ/; at. Sezession or Secessionsstil, Czech Secese, **Eng. Modern Style**, Ger. Jugendstil or Reformstil, Ital. also Stile Floreale or Liberty, Slovak. Secesia, Russ. Модерн [Modern]) [...] As for sure Art Niveau is not a "light style" the author is referring to Modern Style painting (for example, Gustav Klimt) or probably Art nevau posters and graphics. I think the right word is 'ethereal' - See II link. "A number of characteristics define the style: a reverence for nature with an emphasis on organic designs; the use of “whiplash” curvilinear lines; and a seemingly limitless portrayal of the female form, with artists depicting women as ethereal, sensual nymphs. Motifs were interpreted in both realistic and stylized fashions." -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 23 hrs (2016-03-02 13:22:40 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Il testo italiano dice "è INTERPRETE di una leggerezza tutta liberty." altrimenti sarebbe 'Simboleggia' Cosa significherebbe interpreta l'arte che lui stesso produce..? http://graphic-design.com/typography/design/william-morris-a... WILLIAM MORRIS THE ART NOUVEAU MOVEMENT would never have been the same without William Morris. A true Renaissance man, William Morris mastered every art and craft to which he set his hand, revelling in designs, patterns, colours and textures, and placing his stamp on sumptuous books, rugs, embroidery, wallpaper, stained glass, tapestries, curtains and furniture. ART NOUVEAU {ahr noo-voh'}, a French term meaning new art, refers to a style of architecture, of commercial and decorative art, and, to some extent, a style of painting and sculpture that was popular about 1900. Although the style was then thought of as modern and was given the title "new art," it was adapted from older styles and art forms. Much was derived from the Gothic and rococo and from the arts of Java and Japan. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_Nouveau Reference: http://www.flysfo.com/museum/exhibitions/allure-art-nouveau-... |
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