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Vitenliteratur

French translation: Histoire de l'art

20:06 Mar 8, 2002
German to French translations [PRO]
Art/Literary
German term or phrase: Vitenliteratur
Seit der Antike waren den „viri illustri“ Medaillen, seit der frühen Neuzeit neben der Vitenliteratur vor allem die Graphik als multiple Kunst mit hohem Verbreitungsgrad memorialer, oft mehr noch propagandistischer Natur gewidmet worden.
VGP
Local time: 17:25
French translation:Histoire de l'art
Explanation:
Ce sont des biographies d'artistes ou des anthologies de vies d'artistes. Le grand spécialiste est Vasari. Viten sont des recueils et le terme s'applique aussi aux vies de saints, florilèges (littérature religieuse du Moyen Age). Etendu au sens de chroniques, vies des hommes illustres(Plutarque, Suétone etc)
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Beba Maranz
Switzerland
Local time: 17:25
Grading comment
Merci beaucoup. VG
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5 +1Histoire de l'art
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Histoire de l'art


Explanation:
Ce sont des biographies d'artistes ou des anthologies de vies d'artistes. Le grand spécialiste est Vasari. Viten sont des recueils et le terme s'applique aussi aux vies de saints, florilèges (littérature religieuse du Moyen Age). Etendu au sens de chroniques, vies des hommes illustres(Plutarque, Suétone etc)

Beba Maranz
Switzerland
Local time: 17:25
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in pair: 296
Grading comment
Merci beaucoup. VG

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