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Spanish term
pinceladas de toques
Spanish to English
Art/Literary
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
This is a text on a major 20th-century Argentine painter:
La banda azul vertical parece “barrer” la materia hacia las zonas media y baja del soporte, donde, hacia el lado izquierdo inferior, irrumpe una situación dramática en la cual hay, al menos, dos protagonistas en una violenta combinación de naturaleza humana y animal, o viceversa. A través de vigorosas pinceladas de toques y manchas surgen dos seres con atributos de pájaros de gran tamaño.
is there a difference between pincelada (brushstroke) and pinceladas de toques?
Another example of toques in an earlier paragraph (here it seems to be simply brushstrokes):
Una de las obras inaugurales del primer período de su desarrollo artístico es Cabezón (1960), que exhibe el componente irracional de la explosión de la pintura, traducido en marcadas huellas gestuales y enérgicos toques de brocha que configuran el rostro del personaje, sin el dictado de la forma, ni del color local.
Many thanks!
La banda azul vertical parece “barrer” la materia hacia las zonas media y baja del soporte, donde, hacia el lado izquierdo inferior, irrumpe una situación dramática en la cual hay, al menos, dos protagonistas en una violenta combinación de naturaleza humana y animal, o viceversa. A través de vigorosas pinceladas de toques y manchas surgen dos seres con atributos de pájaros de gran tamaño.
is there a difference between pincelada (brushstroke) and pinceladas de toques?
Another example of toques in an earlier paragraph (here it seems to be simply brushstrokes):
Una de las obras inaugurales del primer período de su desarrollo artístico es Cabezón (1960), que exhibe el componente irracional de la explosión de la pintura, traducido en marcadas huellas gestuales y enérgicos toques de brocha que configuran el rostro del personaje, sin el dictado de la forma, ni del color local.
Many thanks!
Proposed translations
(English)
4 | stippling | Andres Fekete |
2 +1 | Through vigorous dashes and streaks | William Hepner |
2 | (brush) strokes and specks | Ana Vozone |
Proposed translations
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Through vigorous dashes and streaks
Given the context, I think the emphasis of the paragraph is on the violence and vigor of the painting (i.e. irrumpir, violenta combinación, vigorosas). To match this emphasis in idiomatic English, perhaps doing away with brushstroke altogether could be an option.
This seems all the more reasonable because the description refers not to the painter, but to the painting, as though it were coming to life.
Relevant definition of "dash": splash, spatter. "Her pants were dashed with mud". I think this starts to convey the energy of the painting.
This seems all the more reasonable because the description refers not to the painter, but to the painting, as though it were coming to life.
Relevant definition of "dash": splash, spatter. "Her pants were dashed with mud". I think this starts to convey the energy of the painting.
Example sentence:
Her pants were dashed with mud.
13 hrs
(brush) strokes and specks
Example sentence:
A distinct cosmos reveals itself, one made up of painted strokes and specks reminiscent of particles floating in the air that would remain
“The latter is represented in more recent pieces in two guises: a pictorial reinterpretation, defined by brush strokes and specks of color
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stippling
Through vigorous stippling...
stip·ple (stĭp′əl)
tr.v. stip·pled, stip·pling, stip·ples
1. To draw, engrave, or paint in dots or short strokes.
2. To apply (paint, for example) in dots or short strokes.
3. To dot, fleck, or speckle: "They crossed a field stippled with purple weeds" (Flannery O'Connor).
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Note added at 19 hrs (2023-10-24 20:06:58 GMT)
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https://www.thefreedictionary.com/stippling
stip·ple (stĭp′əl)
tr.v. stip·pled, stip·pling, stip·ples
1. To draw, engrave, or paint in dots or short strokes.
2. To apply (paint, for example) in dots or short strokes.
3. To dot, fleck, or speckle: "They crossed a field stippled with purple weeds" (Flannery O'Connor).
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Note added at 19 hrs (2023-10-24 20:06:58 GMT)
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https://www.thefreedictionary.com/stippling
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