Glossary entry

Italiano term or phrase:

fissità frontale (entro una concezione bidimensionale)

Inglese translation:

fixed frontality or firm frontality

Added to glossary by K Donnelly
Jun 14, 2008 18:03
16 yrs ago
Italiano term

fissità frontale (entro una concezione bidimensionale)

Da Italiano a Inglese Arte/Letteratura Arte, Arti applicate, Pittura 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.
Proposed translations (Inglese)
4 +3 fixed frontality or firm frontality
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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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agree Desiree Bonfiglio
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agree Rossella Mainardis
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. 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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