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Wel bijvoorbeeld zo

English translation: Well, for example this way.

17:49 Nov 13, 2008

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Dutch term or phrase: Wel bijvoorbeeld zo

The Future of Art
In een vermakelijke cartoon uit 1948, heeft Reinhardt deze modernistische kijk op de kunstgeschiedenis gevisualiseerd. How to look at modern art in America, luidt de titel van het werkje. Wel bijvoorbeeld zo. Stel je een boom voor, waarvan de wortels terugreiken tot in de Europese schilderkunst van het midden van de Negentiende Eeuw: Cézanne, Seurat, Gauguin, Van Gogh. Uit deze vruchtbare ondergrond groeide de moderne kunst... Boven het gebladerte schijnt te zon. Er zweeft zelfs een engel. Maar één van de takken is zwaar en staat op het punt af te breken. ‘Wie niet veel van kunst afweet, zal hier veel van zijn gading vinden,’ heeft de kunstenaar in het tekstje rechtsboven geschreven: naakten, illustraties, landschapjes en stillevens. Zelf heeft de modernist Reinhardt er duidelijk weinig mee op. Niet zonder reden heeft hij onder de afbrekende tak een kerkhof getekend. Want zo gaat dat met takken die afbreken: ze zijn gedoemd te vergaan.

Robert Allwood KudoZ activity Questions: 170 (1 open) (1 without valid answers) (3 closed without grading) Answers: 9 United Kingdom
Local time: 11:22

English translation:Well, for example this way.

Explanation:
Referring back to "how to LOOK at modern art." Well, for example this way (or like this): Imagine a tree... etc.

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lianne jm van de ven
United States
Local time: 06:22

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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +3

And it goes like this.

Jennifer Barnett

3 +3

Well, for example this way.

lianne jm van de ven

4 +1

Take this for example.

Textpertise

Well, for instance:

Froukje Hermien Zwiers

Well, for instance by [verb]

Els Spin

A possible approach could be like this:

ladgim

Discussion entries: 2

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18 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

Well, for example this way.

Explanation:
Referring back to "how to LOOK at modern art." Well, for example this way (or like this): Imagine a tree... etc.

lianne jm van de ven
United States
Local time: 06:22
Native speaker of:

Dutch
PRO pts in category: 4

19 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

Take this for example.

Explanation:
My thought is, he's thinking in English and the Dutch expression is meant to express something like this.

Textpertise
United Kingdom
Local time: 11:22
Native speaker of:

English

1 hr confidence:

Well, for instance:

Explanation:
Similar to "for example"". It just seems to 'sit' better in the sentence. Personally I would want to add the punctuation to make it flow better.

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Note added at 1 hr (2008-11-13 19:26:38 GMT)
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Simply "For instance:" may be even more flowing in the sentence.

Froukje Hermien Zwiers
Australia
Local time: 21:22
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Afrikaans

2 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

And it goes like this.

Explanation:
As I understand it, the phrase introduces (a little dramatically) what the cartoon depicts and so is neither an example nor an instance.

Jennifer Barnett
France
Local time: 12:22
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English

5 hrs confidence:

A possible approach could be like this:

Explanation:
A bit more fluent. It remedies the fragmentary style of dutch somewhat...

ladgim
Belgium
Local time: 12:22
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Dutch

6 hrs confidence:

Well, for instance by [verb]

Explanation:
Well, for instance by imagining (picturing, or whatever) a tree ...

This would also avoid the use of two colons in one sentence. :-)

Els Spin
Netherlands
Local time: 12:22
Native speaker of:

Dutch