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concentrazione

English translation: concise/condensed pictorial representation

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Italian term or phrase:concentrazione
English translation:concise/condensed pictorial representation
Entered by: Sebastian Haywood-Ward

19:21 Oct 27, 2009
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting / Painting
Italian term or phrase: concentrazione
Dipinto di alta concentrazione pittorica e di notevole interesse storico artistico - how might I interpret 'concentrazione' here? Is 'focus' adequate?
Sebastian Haywood-Ward
United Kingdom
Local time: 07:50
concise/condensed pictorial representation
Explanation:
The pictorial style described, as I understand it, is "condenced".

That enriching compression of Spenser's style generally helped inspire the ... 1819 poems: the condensed pictorial representation of mental conflict through ...
books.google.com/books?isbn=0271007060

La materia, vitale e tenerissima si depura per via di concentrazione pittorica; l’immagine ciclica si assesta da un’opera all’altra trovandosi sempre di più a suo agio, espellendo il sovrappiù, immettendo nuovi valori determinanti”
http://www.nonsolocinema.com/Dalle-acque-del-fiume-o-dal.htm...

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Note added at 2 hrs (2009-10-27 21:47:24 GMT)
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Tito è artista di sapienza pittorica, di delicatezza, meditazione e concentrazione pittorica;... ha poi un'altra caratteristica, ... di contenere tutta l'immagine entro un formato piccolo ... riduce ogni cosa all'essenziale, elimina particolari, aggiunte, contorni, prospettive, concentra tutto, quasi sempre, sulla figura;
http://www.giuseppeceli.it/presentazione_tassi.html

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Note added at 2 hrs (2009-10-27 21:51:27 GMT)
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Ooops, sorry: just noticed a typo in the first line. I meant "condensed" of course.
Time to put myself to bed.

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Note added at 11 hrs (2009-10-28 07:08:52 GMT)
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After all that my suggestion is "concision"

26 Sep 2007 ... matches the somewhat unresolved and free painting style in the foreground, as compared to the concision of narrative and landscape in ...
www.tate.org.uk/britain/exhibitions/.../room2.shtm

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Note added at 11 hrs (2009-10-28 07:20:26 GMT)
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The picture, a marvel of narrative as well as ***pictorial concision,*** ... National Gallery of Art. "Painting in Naples 1606–1705: From Caravaggio to Giordano," ...
www.metmuseum.org/...paintings/.../objectview.aspx?..

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Note added at 8 days (2009-11-04 21:10:45 GMT) Post-grading
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My pleasure. Art is a great passion of mine, so I really enjoyed the research. Sarah
Selected response from:

Sarah Jane Webb
Local time: 08:50
Grading comment
thank you for extremely kind research
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +3intensity
rigrioli
4concise/condensed pictorial representation
Sarah Jane Webb


Discussion entries: 5





  

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
intensity


Explanation:
'

rigrioli
Italy
Local time: 08:50
Native speaker of: Italian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Oliver Lawrence: "painterly intensity"
15 mins
  -> grazie !
agree  Shera Lyn Parpia
9 hrs
  -> thank you !
agree  Bianca Marsden-Day
13 hrs
  -> thank you !
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
concise/condensed pictorial representation


Explanation:
The pictorial style described, as I understand it, is "condenced".

That enriching compression of Spenser's style generally helped inspire the ... 1819 poems: the condensed pictorial representation of mental conflict through ...
books.google.com/books?isbn=0271007060

La materia, vitale e tenerissima si depura per via di concentrazione pittorica; l’immagine ciclica si assesta da un’opera all’altra trovandosi sempre di più a suo agio, espellendo il sovrappiù, immettendo nuovi valori determinanti”
http://www.nonsolocinema.com/Dalle-acque-del-fiume-o-dal.htm...

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Note added at 2 hrs (2009-10-27 21:47:24 GMT)
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Tito è artista di sapienza pittorica, di delicatezza, meditazione e concentrazione pittorica;... ha poi un'altra caratteristica, ... di contenere tutta l'immagine entro un formato piccolo ... riduce ogni cosa all'essenziale, elimina particolari, aggiunte, contorni, prospettive, concentra tutto, quasi sempre, sulla figura;
http://www.giuseppeceli.it/presentazione_tassi.html

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Note added at 2 hrs (2009-10-27 21:51:27 GMT)
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Ooops, sorry: just noticed a typo in the first line. I meant "condensed" of course.
Time to put myself to bed.

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Note added at 11 hrs (2009-10-28 07:08:52 GMT)
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After all that my suggestion is "concision"

26 Sep 2007 ... matches the somewhat unresolved and free painting style in the foreground, as compared to the concision of narrative and landscape in ...
www.tate.org.uk/britain/exhibitions/.../room2.shtm

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Note added at 11 hrs (2009-10-28 07:20:26 GMT)
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The picture, a marvel of narrative as well as ***pictorial concision,*** ... National Gallery of Art. "Painting in Naples 1606–1705: From Caravaggio to Giordano," ...
www.metmuseum.org/...paintings/.../objectview.aspx?..

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Note added at 8 days (2009-11-04 21:10:45 GMT) Post-grading
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My pleasure. Art is a great passion of mine, so I really enjoyed the research. Sarah

Sarah Jane Webb
Local time: 08:50
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 80
Grading comment
thank you for extremely kind research
Notes to answerer
Asker: thank you for so much help! The painting is a capriccio - veduta by Francesco di Guardi. Devoid of unnecessary detail is probably more appropriate than intense. Thank you once again - so kind of you to help

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