canvas and paint develop their rhetoric only out of silence
Japanese translation: キャンバスと絵の具は沈黙からしかレトリックを展開することはない。
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English term or phrase:
canvas and paint develop their rhetoric only out of silence
English to Japanese translations [PRO] Art/Literary - Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting
English term or phrase:canvas and paint develop their rhetoric only out of silence
In this way, the figure and the picture as a whole become a proof of truth, and a proof of themselves. For although canvas and paint develop their rhetoric only out of silence and it is precisely through motionlessness that the man wrapped in his philosopher's coat importunes us, at every moment this collected silence turns into speech and a loud motto.
Explanation: For although canvas and paint develop their rhetoric only out of silence and it is precisely through motionlessness that the man wrapped in his philosopher's coat importunes us, at every moment this collected silence turns into speech and a loud motto.
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Salvator Rosa, self-portrait, 1640.
"Either shut up, or say something better than silence [i.e. something worth saying]" says the inscription. (「哲学者としての自画像」 ＊左下の碑文に「黙っているか、または何か価値のあることを言え」とあります)
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"In an article that deals specifically with Rosa's self-portraits, Roworth claims the work titled Self-portrait as a Philosopher is actually a depiction of "silent rhetoric." Roworth rejects the idea that this work is an idealized self-portrait; however, she states toward the end of her article, "[Self-portrait as a Philosopher] may be considered an idealized, allegorical self-representation, a 'speaking picture'…." In this sentence, Roworth perfectly explains the concept of the "notional" self-portrait. Rosa was not trying to paint accurate depictions of his face or body, he was painting statements of his personal beliefs. The two works described in this section illustrate his identity and character; within this context, these two works epitomize the notional self-portrait."
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"Salvator Rosa was the consummate artist, or at least he thought of ..."
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さらに、そのもう一つ前のパラグラフです。
Standing out against a sky whose colors are threatening, we see the dark silhouette of a three-quarter-length figure in a reddish-brown coat, holding in his right hand a tablet with an inscription. This inscription is a message urging us to keep silent, unless we really and truly have something to say which is better than silence. This challenging maxim, which Rosa had borrowed from classical aphorisms, is matched by a head inclined in melancholy fashion to one side, the eyes staring at the beholder with a penetrating gaze from beneath a black cap. Because the face with the energetically tight lips is only illuminated from one side, in the expression of the surly man is reflected the depression which also keeps the tension between the figure and the light of the sky. The painter is, as we said, wrapped in a reddish-brown, or more precisely a rosewood-colored coat fastened at the neck. And as if this fastening weren’t enough, he has placed his left arm across his chest, so to speak bolting out his own person.
この前のパラグラフをアップします。
Much in this figure is austere and aloof. But just as there are occasional targeted bright patches in the picture, the active counsel emanating from the figure, whom we see slightly from below, is unmistakable. Himself gruffly aiming at truth, and suffering as a result, through all the idle chatter of the world, he demands of the beholder the same courage to seek and tell truth, the same contempt for all evasiveness and empty phrases. Only philosophy and the arts are capable of truth.
- "Rhetoric" means “using language effectively to please or persuade” so in this case it is using canvas and paint “developed only out of a sphere of silence” to persuade or make a point
Joyce A Thailand Local time: 02:07 Specializes in field Native speaker of: English PRO pts in category: 18
Explanation: For although canvas and paint develop their rhetoric only out of silence and it is precisely through motionlessness that the man wrapped in his philosopher's coat importunes us, at every moment this collected silence turns into speech and a loud motto.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:SPSalvatorRosa.jpg
Salvator Rosa, self-portrait, 1640.
"Either shut up, or say something better than silence [i.e. something worth saying]" says the inscription. (「哲学者としての自画像」 ＊左下の碑文に「黙っているか、または何か価値のあることを言え」とあります)
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"In an article that deals specifically with Rosa's self-portraits, Roworth claims the work titled Self-portrait as a Philosopher is actually a depiction of "silent rhetoric." Roworth rejects the idea that this work is an idealized self-portrait; however, she states toward the end of her article, "[Self-portrait as a Philosopher] may be considered an idealized, allegorical self-representation, a 'speaking picture'…." In this sentence, Roworth perfectly explains the concept of the "notional" self-portrait. Rosa was not trying to paint accurate depictions of his face or body, he was painting statements of his personal beliefs. The two works described in this section illustrate his identity and character; within this context, these two works epitomize the notional self-portrait."
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"Salvator Rosa was the consummate artist, or at least he thought of ..."
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