English translation: iconographic (or statuary) schemes or programmes
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German to English translations [PRO] Art/Literary - Architecture / Baroque architecture
German term or phrase:Bildprogramm
I understand what the term means, but am having trouble finding the exact English equivalent. Does anyone know the technical term in English? The term appears in a document about a Baroque Opera House in Germany, describing the various buildings that make up the Old City centre. It is used in the following sentence:
"Vor allem der im 18. Jahrhundert entstandene Stadtkem mit dem Neuen Schloß und seiner Ausstattung, aber auch die am Rande liegende Eremitage mit ihren Gartenanlagen und Bildprogrammen sind zurecht eine Attraktion der Besucher aus aller Welt."
Explanation: Had this problem in transl. a book on hist. of parks/gardens a couple of years ago. Since then, an ongoing gloss. entry in my e-Langenscheidt (just updated, a bow to everyone on this page) :
Bildprogramm 1) (?) Stock, set, of pics/imgs (imagery) or r décor e.g. f a park. Cf. suite.
- Check 'pictorial /picture/iconographic programme, pic. scheme, online NB not restricted to 2-d & v oft. (gardens!) **statuary.** (...)
--> (pictorial / iconographic) repertoire; iconography.
15nov09 (ProZ qy 'Bildprogramm' re. Baroque town centre, houses & grounds...)
cd read 'iconographic /statuary scheme' e.g. in (Googling >Bildprogramm+Barock<) http://www.sehepunkte.de/2004/02/3807.html -
'Ganz will sich nicht nur den mehrteiligen Bildprogrammen römischer Kirchen zwischen 1580-1700 widmen, ...(...) So ist es (..) die traditionelle Auffassung von der Vorrangstellung des autonomen Tafelbildes, der er mit seinen Überlegungen entgegentritt: Die Bildprogramme barocker römischer Kirchen lassen sich nicht unter der monofokalen Perspektive einzelbildlicher Analysen subsumieren.'
Latter sense leads to 2) -
2) (looser, as an aspect of [a group/movement's general agenda, more likely in mod./contemp. contexts] agenda, iconographic/artistic (etc.) ag.
(cf. freq. Ger. usage of 'programmatisch...')
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PS this is missing half my gloss. paste, i.e. onward from"Bildprogramm+Barock)": (from the 'Sehepunkte' URL given)
'Ganz will sich nicht nur den **mehrteiligen Bildprogrammen** römischer Kirchen zwischen 1580-1700 widmen, (...) So ist es (..) die traditionelle Auffassung von der Vorrangstellung des autonomen Tafelbildes, der er mit seinen Überlegungen entgegentritt: Die Bildprogramme barocker römischer Kirchen lassen sich nicht unter der monofokalen Perspektive einzelbildlicher Analysen subsumieren.'
Latter sense leads to 2) -
2) (looser, as an aspect of (a group/movement's general agenda, more likely in mod./contemp. contexts) agenda, iconographic/artistic (etc.) ag.
(cf. freq. Ger. usage of 'programmatisch...')
-------------------------------------------------- Note added at 22 hrs (2009-11-15 18:29:58 GMT) --------------------------------------------------
Hitch. Half my paste from my gloss missing. Pasting here goes awry. Watch this space...
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... now the rest from my gloss (online glitch overcome?) -
... Barock<) http://www.sehepunkte.de/2004/02/3807.html -
'Ganz will sich nicht nur den mehrteiligen Bildprogrammen römischer Kirchen zwischen 1580-1700 widmen, ...(...) So ist es (..) die traditionelle Auffassung von der Vorrangstellung des autonomen Tafelbildes, der er mit seinen Überlegungen entgegentritt: Die ***Bildprogramme*** barocker römischer Kirchen lassen sich nicht unter der monofokalen Perspektive einzelbildlicher Analysen subsumieren.'
Latter sense leads to 2) -
2) (looser, as an aspect of (a group/movement's general agenda, more likely in mod./contemp. contexts) agenda, iconographic/artistic (etc.) ag.
(cf. freq. Ger. usage of 'programmatisch...')
-------------------------------------------------- Note added at 23 hrs (2009-11-15 19:01:57 GMT) --------------------------------------------------
(Remainder of my own gloss., see at "discussion entries" above)
-------------------------------------------------- Note added at 23 hrs (2009-11-15 19:05:07 GMT) --------------------------------------------------
Thank you to everyone for all the great comments. I ended up using iconographic programme, which is why I selected Stephen's answer, but everyone's input was really helpful. Thank you! 4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer
Online glitch? My entry stops half-way and completing it via "adding a note" is refusing to work on repeated tries.
Rest of my current gloss. entry, then, as I say, ongoing -
'Bildprogramm' (...)
cd read 'iconographic /statuary scheme' e.g. in (Googling >Bildprogramm+Barock<) http://www.sehepunkte.de/2004/02/3807.html -
'Ganz will sich nicht nur den mehrteiligen Bildprogrammen römischer Kirchen zwischen 1580-1700 widmen, ...(...) So ist es (..) die traditionelle Auffassung von der Vorrangstellung des autonomen Tafelbildes, der er mit seinen Überlegungen entgegentritt: Die **Bildprogramme** barocker römischer Kirchen lassen sich nicht unter der monofokalen Perspektive einzelbildlicher Analysen subsumieren.'
2) (Conjecture: looser, as an aspect of [a group/movement's general agenda, more likely in mod./contemp. contexts] agenda, iconographic/artistic (etc.) ag.~
(cf. freq. Ger. usage of 'programmatisch...')
Confer also: ‘Wesentlicher Bestandteil der Gestaltung barocker Gartenanlagen waren allegorische bzw. mythologische Figuren, die einzeln oder in Gruppen Bildprogramme darstellen.’ http://www.schoene-nachrichten.de/?p=39820
Thank you for all your helpful comments! Spud Murphy - thank you for the links. I will check them out and see if they can shed additional light on the matter.
When I first read it, and before reading your discussion entry, I thought that, rather than being specifically to do with the gardens, it meant that the building in question has landscape gardens and a collection of artwork? Perhaps not though, if Bildprogramm is associated more closely with landscape gardening!
The city in question is Bayreuth, but the term is not specifically related to the geographical location. Bildprogramm seems to be a common term when talking about landscape gardens, parks, etc. Particularly those of the baroque period with artificial ruins and other architectural elements.
makhno Local time: 20:12 Native speaker of: Russian, Ukrainian
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you, but "engravings" doesn't match what I'm looking for. Bildprogramm, as far as I understand the term, refers to staged elements within a garden landscape. For example, a baroque garden with pergolas, a Roman ruin, a lake...staged scenes.
"architectonic and iconographical elements" / "statuary"
Explanation: If it is spoken solely of fountains and statues, for instance, or even pergolas, "statuary" would be tempting to use. And if it refers to more, why not go for the explanatory terms you yourself use? However, a lake (as you mentioned) as a design element would not fit into either of these two (architectonic and iconographical). I cannot remember reading a more precise term for Bildprogramm, but I am only an art historian and no landscape expert. Just a suggestion.
libelulariae United States Local time: 13:12 Specializes in field Native speaker of: English, Spanish
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