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Italian term or phrase:	Arte Povera
English translation:	Arte Povera
Entered by:	Shera Lyn Parpia

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7:49pm Jun 28, 2008

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Art/Literary - Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting

Italian term or phrase: Arte Povera

I have seen "poor art" used but it really doesn't convey the right meaning in English (sounds like it's poor quality work). Is there another term or should I just leave the original?

Maestro innovatore della scultura italiana, xxx si afferma a partire dagli anni Sessanta, è tra i protagonisti del gruppo dell’Arte Povera, partecipa alla fondazione della Casa degli Artisti di Milano.

Shera Lyn Parpia

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Italy

Arte Povera

Explanation:
Yes, leave it in English. That's what I've always done.
15,700 hits on UK sites alone.

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sorry, I meant 15,700 hits on google uk sites. Above is one of many examples - this one from the Tate, as you can see.

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sarahca
Mexico

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Thanks to all. The different answers also contributed to an interesting discussion.
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Summary of answers provided

5 +12

Arte Povera

sarahca

3 +7

Arte Povera (untranslated)

Christian Schneider

4 +3

Arte Povera (Italian art movement........

Olga Buongiorno

4 -2

Rustic furniture

Milena Bosco

4 -2

franciscan art

moranna

3 -3

Simple art/Simply art

savaria

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4 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +7

Arte Povera (untranslated)

Explanation:
You are right about 'Poor art'. Doesn't sound right.
I'd leave it untranslated. Like 'Art brut' etc..

Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arte_Povera

Christian Schneider
Germany
Native speaker of:

German

3 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +12

Arte Povera

Explanation:
Yes, leave it in English. That's what I've always done.
15,700 hits on UK sites alone.

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sorry, I meant 15,700 hits on google uk sites. Above is one of many examples - this one from the Tate, as you can see.

Example sentence(s):

The term 'Arte Povera' was introduced by the Italian art critic and curator, ... Zero to Infinity: Arte Povera 1962-1972 examines the work of fourteen key ...

Reference: http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/exhibitions/artepovera/default...

sarahca
Mexico
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

Note from asker to answerer

Thanks to all. The different answers also contributed to an interesting discussion.

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Christian Schneider

0 min

-> thanks Christian!

agree

rossella mainardis: see also http://www.artfacts.net/index.php/pageType/exhibitionInfo/ex...

1 min

-> thanks Rossella!

agree

smarinella

10 mins

-> thanks!

agree

jokie

14 mins

-> thank you!

agree

ILARIA G.OLSSON

24 mins

-> Grazie Ilaria!

agree

Lise Leavitt: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arte_povera

35 mins

-> Yes, thanks for adding the link Lise

agree

cbolton: Also confirmed by Encyclopaedia Britannica

10 hrs

-> thanks!

agree

Gina Ferlisi

14 hrs

-> thanks Gina!

agree

Jim Tucker

14 hrs

-> Thanks Jim!

agree

Hebat-Allah El Ashmawy

15 hrs

-> Thanks!

agree

simona dachille

16 hrs

-> thanks Simona!

agree

savaria

1 day3 hrs

11 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): -2

franciscan art

Explanation:
The term Arte Povera doesn't quite translate as "poor art", although these artists do tend to work with simple, natural or found materials, often juxtaposed with neon, plastic, electric light and even a refrigeration unit. Though it can have political overtones, it doesn't mean "poor" in the sociological sense either. The dealer Michael Sonnabend beautifully characterised it as "Franciscan", meaning, I think, poor in spirit, and yet filled with profound respect for the world around us.
see also

Reference: http://www.gaudiallgaudi.com

moranna
Italy
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Italian,

English
PRO pts in category: 12

35 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

Arte Povera (Italian art movement........

Explanation:
Sono d'accordo nel lasciare il termine in lingua italiana ma proporrei di fornire una spiegazione fra parentesi di cosa si intende per movimento dell'Arte povera .Ti fornisco un paio alcune alternative:

Italian art movement breaking with the past and entering a challenging dialogue with trends in Europe and America

Italian art movement breaking with the past. The term “poor” referred to the humble, often ephemeral materials employed and the anti-institutional quality that originally pervaded this art.

The term Arte Povera was first used by Italian art critic Germano Celant to describe a broad category of art being produced by an international cross section of artists in the late 1960s through the 1970s, although it is now generally used to apply only to Italian art of this period.

Olga Buongiorno
Italy
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Italian,

English
PRO pts in category: 8

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): -3

Simple art/Simply art

Explanation:
What about this?
The latter one is also nice as a title of something.

savaria
Hungary
Native speaker of:

Hungarian

27 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): -2

Rustic furniture

Explanation:
I found "poor art" several times, probabily bad translation. I would go for this one.
Have a great week end, Milena

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Sorry Shera, it must be the heat. I'll have a look in my books to see what I can find.

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Note added at 40 mins (2008-06-28 20:30:04 GMT)
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I found "Processual Art" as a possible translation.

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http://isole.ecn.org/sciattoproduzie/hypmsm_conf.htm

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Note for cbolton:
I indicated "Processual Art" as one of the possible translations. "Processual Art" (http://www.google.it/search?hl=it&rlz=1T4PBEA_itIT273IT273&q...) or as you suggest "Process Art" is a much broader movement, and it includes works of German and American artists. I stated "possible" because in reality I would not translate it as well, but in the past I met some collegues who insisted on translating similar terms.
If I had to translate it I wouldn't go for "franciscan art" or "simple art" but for this one, because it is the closest to the definition of the movement.

Milena Bosco
Italy
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Italian,

Catalan

Notes to answerer

Asker: It's not furniture, it's sculpture!

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Italian: Arte Povera

English translation: Arte Povera