Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Italian term or phrase:
fissità frontale (entro una concezione bidimensionale)
English translation:
fixed frontality or firm frontality
Added to glossary by
K Donnelly
Jun 14, 2008 18:03
15 yrs ago
Italian term
fissità frontale (entro una concezione bidimensionale)
Italian to English
Art/Literary
Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting
fresco description
Can anyone help explain the following sentence? I'm not quite sure what the writer means and am not convinced by a literal translation (frontal fixedness/steadiness)
sentence: "la vistosa altezza e ampiezza delle figure è frenata da una fissità frontale e ‘ascetica’ entro una concezione bidimensionale".
Thanks.
sentence: "la vistosa altezza e ampiezza delle figure è frenata da una fissità frontale e ‘ascetica’ entro una concezione bidimensionale".
Thanks.
Proposed translations
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Jun 17, 2008 04:56: K Donnelly Created KOG entry
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fixed frontality or firm frontality
the term frontality is often used for describing art...
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Note added at 43 mins (2008-06-14 18:46:38 GMT)
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Hi again, I forgot that you asked about the rest of the sentence. The author is basically saying that the work is very two dimensional in nature (rather than three dimensional as many paintings attempt to be).
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Note added at 43 mins (2008-06-14 18:46:38 GMT)
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Hi again, I forgot that you asked about the rest of the sentence. The author is basically saying that the work is very two dimensional in nature (rather than three dimensional as many paintings attempt to be).
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Comment: "Thanks K. Donnelly. This was extremely helpful. I am not an artist and lack some of the basic concepts!! Thanks again."
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