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Italian: archi isolati

English translation: freestanding arches



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GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)
Italian term or phrase:archi isolati
English translation:freestanding arches
Entered by:Serena Tutino
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Art/Literary - Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting / Presentazione società
Italian term or phrase: archi isolati
Disegnata da Gio Ponti, la torre viene eretta nel Parco Sempione di Milano nel 1933 in occasione della V mostra Triennale, insieme a sei grandi “archi isolati”, temporanei, progettati da Sironi.
Serena Tutino
Italy
freestanding arches
Explanation:
Just another idea

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Note added at 1 hr (2008-07-30 12:48:40 GMT)
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http://en.mimi.hu/architecture/arches.html

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Note added at 2 days9 hrs (2008-08-01 20:47:45 GMT) Post-grading
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Thanks, Serena!
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Dave 72
United Kingdom
Note from asker to answerer
grazie!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
2 +6freestanding archesDave 72
4 +3single arches
Olga Buongiorno
4 +2individual archesShera Lyn Parpia


  

Answers

3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
single arches

Explanation:
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Note added at 6 min (2008-07-30 11:33:31 GMT)
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Ho trovato questo link che penso possa rispondere alla tua richiesta.
"la Ticinese, detta anche di Marengo, di recente costruzione e di architettura del marchese Cagnola, decorata da un maestoso portico o calcidico architravato d’ordine dorico, con colonne di straordinario diametro, e decorata da un maestoso arco isolato, di magnifica costruzione.

The Ticinese gate, known as Marengo, of recent construction and with the architecture of Marquis Cagnola, decorated by a magnificent porch and Doric trabeations with extremely wide columns, is decorated by a majestic single arch"

http://www.thais.it/citta_italiane/Milano/Intro/Intro_1.htm

Olga Buongiorno
Italy
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree Stancy
8 mins
  -> Grazie Stancy
agree Dave 72: Makes sense to me!!
15 mins
  -> Grazie Dave
agree Dana Rinaldi
30 mins
  -> Grazie Dana
neutral Alessandra Renna: Non mi convince questa ipotesi. Single arch mi sembra più contrapposto a double arch, quindi col significato di singolo/se ci sono riferimenti più accredidati come il dizionario, sono più tranquilla visto che il link era una traduzione dall'italiano
1 hr
  -> Sì hai ragione il dizionario è sicuramente una fonte molto più accreditata di un link!
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
individual arches

Explanation:
another way.

see
http://www.google.it/search?hl=it&q=individual+arches&meta=

Shera Lyn Parpia
Italy
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 14

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree Alessandra Renna: This sounds better to me
11 mins
  -> thanks!
agree Leslie Hart
19 hrs
  -> thanks!
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +6
freestanding arches

Explanation:
Just another idea

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Note added at 1 hr (2008-07-30 12:48:40 GMT)
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http://en.mimi.hu/architecture/arches.html

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Note added at 2 days9 hrs (2008-08-01 20:47:45 GMT) Post-grading
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Thanks, Serena!

Dave 72
United Kingdom
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
Note from asker to answerer
grazie!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree Alessandra Renna: well done, Dave
5 mins
  -> Thanks, Alessandra!
agree Sarah Jane Webb: I'd go for this one!
37 mins
  -> Thanks, Sarah Jane!
agree Umberto Cassano
1 hr
  -> Thanks, Umberto!
agree Shera Lyn Parpia
1 hr
  -> Thanks, Shera Lyn!
agree Mary Carroll Richer LaFlèche
5 hrs
  -> Thanks, Mary Carroll!
agree Eike Seemann DipTrans
21 hrs
  -> Thanks, Eike!
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