astucia

English translation: artifice

19:35 Jan 18, 2013
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Folklore
Spanish term or phrase: astucia
From a text about kitsch in Cuban culture:

“¡Estetice Vd. mismo su banalidad!”: pareció ser la consigna preferida de entonces. “Big Show”: Elefantes de caolín, lotos de papel crepé, indios Siouxs pastoreando flamingos, adolescentes hawayanos aherrojados por el Max Factor de Rita Hayworth, lotos chinos entre los cisnes de Viena, cortinajes brocados, Laura y su “Zoológico de Cristal”, nieve de poliéster y uvas de cera, la rutilancia del “Shangai”, las ninfas nacaradas de astucia rococó,

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Wendy Gosselin
Argentina
Local time: 18:44
English translation:artifice
Explanation:
Rococo artifice appears in discussions of rococo art quite often. See examples below:



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Astucia rococó
Magdalena Balibrea Vich

  

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artifice


Explanation:
Rococo artifice appears in discussions of rococo art quite often. See examples below:





Example sentence(s):
  • Celati seeks to tell it like it is, without baroque flourish or rococo artifice.
  • Six years earlier the fascination for rococo artifice

    Reference: http://www.complete-review.com/reviews/travel/celati.htm
    Reference: http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=G3qRP6399tcC&pg=PA101&lpg...
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knack


Explanation:
rococo style knack

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Reference: Astucia rococó

Reference information:
arte rococo

amb. Manifestación de la actividad humana mediante la cual se expresa una visión personal y desinteresada que interpreta lo real o imaginado con recursos plásticos, lingüísticos o sonoros.
amb. Maña, astucia.
amb. Disposición personal de alguien. Buen, mal arte


    Reference: http://ww.diccionario-es.com/arte-rococo
Magdalena Balibrea Vich
Spain
Native speaker of: Native in CatalanCatalan, Native in SpanishSpanish
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