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luz rasante

English translation: raking light


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Spanish term or phrase:luz rasante
English translation:raking light
Entered by: K Donnelly
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15:11 Aug 19, 2011
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Art/Literary - Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting / art
Spanish term or phrase: luz rasante
A paragraph about an arist from venezuela:

En 1960 integró el GRAV (Groupe de Recherche d’Art Visuel), período en el que realizó cajas de luz con movimiento, móviles, relieves en madera y obras con luz indirecta y rasante.

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Wendy Gosselin
Local time: 22:53
raking light
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I studied art restoration in Spain - a frequently used term in the field.
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K Donnelly
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4 +4raking light
K Donnelly
4 +1oblique light/ raking light /obliquely angled light
Jenni Lukac


  

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raking light


Explanation:
I studied art restoration in Spain - a frequently used term in the field.

K Donnelly
Local time: 03:53
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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agree  fionn: exactly
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agree  Robert Copeland
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
oblique light/ raking light /obliquely angled light


Explanation:
ranslation.babylon.com › English TranslationTranslate Light to English online and download now our free translation ... skittish, skylight, skyrocket, slack, slant, slapstick, sleazy, slender, ...... raking light = luz rasante
Forum thread titles for "light" - WordReference.com -
www.wordreference.com/es/translation.asp?forumtitles=1...li... light of recent events - a la luz de los recientes acontecimientos. In light of the above .... raking light - luz rasante · read in one light · reading light ... slant of light · Sleep rough, light, badly, soundly ...; oblique light - Traducción al español – Linguee
www.linguee.es/ingles-espanol/.../oblique light.htmlMuchos ejemplos de oraciones traducidas contienen "oblique light" – Diccionario ... Contorno de Eslovenia, letras "OI" en Braille y PIN táctil: vista con luz rasante ... Latent image reads "UK" when viewed at an oblique angle ...

Jenni Lukac
Local time: 03:53
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agree  Lourdes Sanchez: oblique light. pongo dos referencias en la discusion
1 hr
  -> Saludos y gracias, Lourdes.
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