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живописный

English translation: painterly

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Russian term or phrase:	живописный
English translation:	painterly
Entered by:	Piotrnikitin

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15:34 Feb 11, 2012

Russian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting / Printmaking, lithography

Russian term or phrase: живописный

Талантливые живописцы ... закономерно остановились на литографии, как наиболее живописной из всех печатных техник.

Piotrnikitin KudoZ activity Questions: 61 (1 open) (2 without valid answers) (4 closed without grading) Answers: 292
Local time: 16:15

painterly

Explanation:
here, as opposed to "picturesque"! :)

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Note added at 30 mins (2012-02-11 16:04:28 GMT)
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Осторожно, поручик! Живописный пейзаж - picturesque. Когда что-то не являющее непосредственно живописью, но обладающее некоторыми качествами живописи (живописностью), последние - painterly. Пишу здесь а не в дискусси, ибо не хочу связываться: джент давший ответ picturesque - очень агрессивный.

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Note added at 31 mins (2012-02-11 16:05:28 GMT)
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Когда ИМЕЕТСЯ В ВИДУ что-то... (пропустил сказуемое!)

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Note added at 6 hrs (2012-02-11 22:05:55 GMT)
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books.google.it/books?isbn=0405128959...
Peter Howard Selz - 1980 - Art
the more painterly lithography was to occupy his chief interest

Selected response from:

Michael Korovkin
Local time: 17:15

Grading comment

This is exactly the word I was looking for.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +2

painterly

Michael Korovkin

pictureseque

Andrei Gitch

scenic, pictorial

erika rubinstein

striking

Melinda Willetts

refined

Jurate Kazlauskaite

vivid

Serg Yefimov

Answers

19 mins confidence:

pictureseque

Explanation:
:)

Andrei Gitch
Sweden
Local time: 17:15
Native speaker of:

Russian

Notes to answerer

Asker: Andrei, next time you decide to answer a question, please read tрe context. We can all look up words in dictionaries. Усвоил?

50 mins confidence:

vivid

Explanation:
vivid

Serg Yefimov
Ukraine
Local time: 18:15
Native speaker of:

Russian,

Ukrainian

52 mins confidence:

striking

Explanation:
...

Melinda Willetts
Local time: 16:15
Native speaker of:

English,

Swedish

5 hrs confidence:

scenic, pictorial

Explanation:
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erika rubinstein
Local time: 17:15
Native speaker of: Russian
PRO pts in category: 8

12 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

painterly

Michael Korovkin
Local time: 17:15
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Russian
PRO pts in category: 35

Grading comment

This is exactly the word I was looking for.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)

agree

vita z: "The most PAINTERLY of methods, lithography became a favorite among most of the great artists of the 19th and 20th Centuries, particularly in France" (ART OF THE PRINT, Printmaking Techniques, http://www.artoftheprint.com/artmediums.htm)

3 hrs

-> that's tellin'em, Vita!

agree

The Misha: I am not a great fan of graphics (well, OK, Escher is a separate story), but consider me convinced. And again, never mind the agressive gent. We all know that one about mean people

11 hrs

-> Ha!Another one!I guess you'll never consider marrying me:I've already touched you by Dali and now I must touch you by Esher:can't stand him:pure gimmick.What you seem to appreciate in art is literature/pilosophical essay.Here's not the place though,eh?Tah

6 hrs confidence:

refined

Explanation:
Or: subtle, nuanced

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Note added at 6 hrs (2012-02-11 22:22:01 GMT)
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Or: "pictorially refined"

Example sentence(s):

Reference: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/refined

Jurate Kazlauskaite
Local time: 18:15
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Lithuanian
PRO pts in category: 4

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