Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Italian term or phrase:
cartolinesco
English translation:
chocolate box
Added to glossary by
Ivana UK
Jun 7, 2006 04:34
17 yrs ago
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Italian term
cartolinesco
Italian to English
Art/Literary
Photography/Imaging (& Graphic Arts)
photography
Lo stile XXX, la maniera XXX, per quanto ad un occhio non allenato e forse ingenuo possa apparire semplice e diretto, è in realtà quanto mai complesso e stratificato, sofisticato e sinfonico, capace, come appare, di far stare insieme cultura "alta" e cultura "bassa", pittoriale e cartolinesco, sublime e kitsch.
It means "postcard-like", "postcard-type"
... the pictorial, the ____, the sublime and the kitsch.
It's looking like I'll have to change the structure of the entire sentence as I can' t find a suitable word (or words) to fit into the above sentence...!
Any suggestions are very welcome
It means "postcard-like", "postcard-type"
... the pictorial, the ____, the sublime and the kitsch.
It's looking like I'll have to change the structure of the entire sentence as I can' t find a suitable word (or words) to fit into the above sentence...!
Any suggestions are very welcome
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +5 | chocolate box |
Ford Prefect
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| 3 +1 | postcardish |
Michele Fauble
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Proposed translations
+5
2 hrs
Ford Prefect
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso
Native in English
Burkina Faso
Reassuringly expensive
Native in: English 
Works in: German to English, Italian to English, French to English
Related KudoZ points
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4
Selected
chocolate box
More commonly applied to painted art than photography, but is a well known derogatory term for derivative, run-of-the-mill work posing as something more original.
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Note added at 3 hrs (2006-06-07 07:43:42 GMT)
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...appears to be caught between high culture and low, between true art and its chocolate-box impersonations, between the sublime and the kitsch.
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Note added at 3 hrs (2006-06-07 07:43:42 GMT)
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...appears to be caught between high culture and low, between true art and its chocolate-box impersonations, between the sublime and the kitsch.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Many thanks James!"
+1
1 hr
Michele Fauble
United States
United States
Native in English
United States
Native English
Native in: English
Works in: Norwegian to English, Danish to English, Swedish to English
postcardish
Another postcardish shot but the view was impressive... Camera Make: Canon Camera Model: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT Image Date: 2006:05:16 06:08:00 ...
www.windal.net/photoblog/atom.xml
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Note added at 1 hr (2006-06-07 05:59:35 GMT)
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... bringing a loop between artistic and historic influences. ... it's only weakness is the postcardish look of the scenes taken out West, suggesting fields ...
www.mindspring.com/~intherealm/ac50review.html
... it's a bit too postcardish .... photography from the artistic point of view with a high ...
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Featured_picture_candidates/Log/March_2006
www.windal.net/photoblog/atom.xml
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Note added at 1 hr (2006-06-07 05:59:35 GMT)
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... bringing a loop between artistic and historic influences. ... it's only weakness is the postcardish look of the scenes taken out West, suggesting fields ...
www.mindspring.com/~intherealm/ac50review.html
... it's a bit too postcardish .... photography from the artistic point of view with a high ...
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Featured_picture_candidates/Log/March_2006
Peer comment(s):
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Vittorio Preite
: picture postcard like
3 hrs
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thanks
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| neutral |
Richard Benham
: Sounds a bit translatorish to me.
6 hrs
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thanks ('-ish' is a productive noun > adjective derivational morpheme in English)
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