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11:16 Jun 20, 2016 |
French to English translations [PRO] Art/Literary - Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting / description of Pissarro\'s technique | |||||||
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4 +6 | state |
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5 | trial proofs |
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4 | prototypes; unfinished articles |
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3 +1 | stages |
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3 | artist's prooves |
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Discussion entries: 3 | |
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prototypes; unfinished articles Explanation: Yes, ' draft versions' in need of further development or refining/ retouching. |
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stages Explanation: could it mean the various phases, stages of the painting as his technique was often to layer the oil colour in several stages (see example of different stages here in one artist's interpretation of his technique https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7-tIW7w5GU: -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 28 mins (2016-06-20 11:44:45 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- http://www.moma.org/explore/conservation/cezannepissarro/set... Setting the scene Cézanne and Pissarro clearly render similar scenes, or even the same scene, with quite different senses of essential harmony. There also are times when they very clearly diverge in their handling of paint. In their use of underdrawing, one of the earliest stages of a painting, another fundamental difference can be observed. While this exhibition does not include any examples of Pissaro’s use of underdrawing, in 1881 we see Cézanne employing it a great deal. The extensive use of underdrawing in these particular paintings indicates that Cézanne is thinking about how best to start a painting; how all-embracing his notes need to be, as it were. Detecting underdrawing can be done in several different ways. Sometimes it can be seen directly underneath thin washes of color. Other times, in more thickly painted works, it can be seen peeking out from under skips in the upper layers of paint. Finally it can sometimes be seen with an infrared sensitive camera. Infrared cameras take advantage of the fact that many paints are comparatively transparent or reflective of the infrared part of the spectrum. This is in contrast to typical drawing materials that absorb these same wavelengths. An infrared image will then show the underdrawing as dark lines beneath the painted layer. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 30 mins (2016-06-20 11:46:58 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- stages can refer to any artwork -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 37 mins (2016-06-20 11:53:31 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- after having looked into his techniques it seems that STATE is the word used to say what is in effect a STAGE of the process see example here https://books.google.it/books?id=NZt2oj5S-wQC&pg=PA243&lpg=P... So you could use stage if you prefer it to state (as, I have just seen, another colleague has suggested in the discussion) -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2016-06-20 12:41:18 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- if you read the text in the link provided (here referring to the etchings of Cassatt) it says clearly at the foot of page 239 "Preliminary states (stages in the development of the print) were enjoyed and cherished." |
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