translation in art
Thread poster: Johanna Kant (X)
Johanna Kant (X)
Johanna Kant (X)
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May 10, 2008

Do you know of any paintings that depict the translation process or show the translator himself? I'm trying to find some links between translation and art history. Thank you!

 
Johanna Timm, PhD
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For starters... May 12, 2008

Here is a painting showing St. Jerome in action:

http://www.aug.edu/augusta/iconography/december2001/jerome.html

And then I found this scholarly article on the depiction of interpreters: “Iconography of Interpreters in the Conquest of the Americas” that also includes various paintings.
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Here is a painting showing St. Jerome in action:

http://www.aug.edu/augusta/iconography/december2001/jerome.html

And then I found this scholarly article on the depiction of interpreters: “Iconography of Interpreters in the Conquest of the Americas” that also includes various paintings.

http://www.erudit.org/revue/TTR/2004/v17/n1/011976ar.html

Enjoy!

johanna
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Karin Maack
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Another one May 13, 2008

The same St. Jerome in a painting by Dürer:

www.mathe.tu-freiberg.de/~hebisch/cafe/duerer/hieronymus.html


 
Karin Maack
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One more May 13, 2008

Here are some more:

www.heiligenlexikon.de/BiographienH/Hieronymus.htm


 
Jessica Noyes
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Sacajawea, interpreter for Louis and Clark expedition (U. S.) May 13, 2008

If you Google her name in Images mode you will see lots of paintings, sculptures and prints of varying artistic quality.

 


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