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la plastica decorativa

English translation: decorative art

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Italian term or phrase:la plastica decorativa
English translation:decorative art
Entered by: Peter Waymel
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17:58 Aug 20, 2012
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Art/Literary - Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting / historical artwork
Italian term or phrase: la plastica decorativa
Is is alright to translate this as "plastic decorative art"? Is there something more appropriate?

"Alcuni studiosi hanno ritenuto questi stucchi un esempio della plastica decorativa risalente alla fine del X secolo, per la resa morbida e “carnosa” della palmette, ..."

and then,

"Evidenti sono le affinità con la plastica di epoca medio-bizantina o della rinascenza macedone diffusa nel territorio genovese..."

Thanks,

Peter
Peter Waymel
Local time: 17:45
decorative art
Explanation:
I don't think it needs to be qualified.

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Note added at 1 hr (2012-08-20 19:35:27 GMT)
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or... if you insist... (an example of) sculptural decoration
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SJLD
Local time: 17:45
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Summary of answers provided
4 +6decorative art
SJLD
4 +1the plastic decorative artsTechLawDC


  

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48 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
the plastic decorative arts


Explanation:
Often-used term.
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Plastic arts - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastic_arts
Plastic arts are art forms which involve physical manipulation of a plastic medium by moulding or modeling such as sculpture or ceramics. The term has also ...

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Piero Mottola: Flusso Dance Project
www.flussodanceproject.com/index.php?id=87
Apr 15, 2012 – An artist and experimental musician, he teaches Multimedia Installations and Decorative Plastic Arts at the Rome Academy of Fine Art. He ...

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1)3 - Indigenous Studies Portal
iportal.usask.ca/docs/Native_studies_review/v4/.../pp119-127.pdf
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North West Coast tribes) with decorative plastic arts. Language, oral traditions, value orientations, and the vitality of contemporary. Native life are mostly ignored.

TechLawDC
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  SJLD: plastic arts yes, decorative arts, yes, but "plastic decorative arts" I've never heard... / hmm, popular with Italians and Russians.
7 mins
  -> Okay, "decorative plastic arts".

agree  philgoddard: Though I've never been a great fan of 'plastic' in this context - I know it's correct in an academic sense, but a lot of general readers wouldn't understand it..
15 hrs

neutral  Jim Tucker: Theoretically possible, but hardly used; please read all the English in that Indigenous Studies link; it's gibberish.
17 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
decorative art


Explanation:
I don't think it needs to be qualified.

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Note added at 1 hr (2012-08-20 19:35:27 GMT)
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or... if you insist... (an example of) sculptural decoration

SJLD
Local time: 17:45
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Mary Carroll Richer LaFlèche
1 hr

agree  Sonia Atkinson
13 hrs

agree  philgoddard: Yes, I think the "sculptural" is obvious from the context.
15 hrs

agree  Jim Tucker
16 hrs

agree  gallagy2
8 days

agree  Glenda Janssen: Sculptural (or even three-dimensional) sounds a lot more English than plastic.
8 days
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