Sep 30, 2010 13:33
13 yrs ago
French term

Notice des tableaux

French to English Art/Literary Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting Religious work by Goya - exhibition title
From a list of exhibitions in which the painting Diphtheria by Goya has appeared:

Notice des tableaux de la Galerie Espagnole exposés dans les salles du Musée Royal au Louvre, Galerie Louise Philippe, París, 1838.

I don't usually deal with French, so apologies if this is a simple question. Would this be the exhibition catalogue, rather than anything else? It is curious, because the above entry appears in the "Exhibitions" section of the entry rather than in the Bibliography (from a complete catalogue of Goya works).

UK Eng please. Thanks in advance.

Discussion

Sarah Smith Rangaratnam (X) Sep 30, 2010:
sorry -- I meant... I also think it sounds like a catalogue title, but perhaps the exhibition itself, being the opening of an entire gallery, did not have a title per se... The writers may not know how to refer to it otherwise. But leaving it out, and referring only to the catalogue in the bib would not have been an option for them, considering its importance.
I hope I'm making sense!
Kate Major Patience (asker) Sep 30, 2010:
Hi Sarah I'm not quite sure what you mean by singled out. My problem here is that what seems to be a catalogue title appears in the exhibition list. Can you explain what you mean?
Kate Major Patience (asker) Sep 30, 2010:
Typing too fast! I "would be surprised", I meant to say. This may be a mistake, perhaps. The writers perhaps are wrong about the exhibition title: certainly, the catalogue is named as above, but perhaps given the time that has passed they have simply not been able to find the name of the exhibition it is linked to? Or they have not realised that this is only the title of the catalogue? I need to consult my client, I think!
Sarah Smith Rangaratnam (X) Sep 30, 2010:
Very special exhibition... Kate, could it be singled out because of the importance of the exhibition itself? King Louis-Philippe opened the Spanish Gallery with that exhibition of over 400 works. It is credited with influencing Manet and others...
Kate Major Patience (asker) Sep 30, 2010:
Although not in the case of my in context, which provides this information in two sections: 1) Exhibitions, and 2) Bilbliography, which contains all catalogues, books and articles consulted, often repeating the catalogue of the exhibitions above. For this reason I am surprised if this referred to the catalogue on purpose: it might, but it would not be the norm in this case.
David Vaughn Sep 30, 2010:
Perhaps... It seems quite normal to give the documentation that establishes the work was exhibited in a specific exhibition. I woud assume the work was shown.
David Vaughn Sep 30, 2010:
19th century Notice I have dozens of "notices" from the 19th century. They are basically just articles, sometimes in a larger document, sometimes tiré à part. I don't think the term in itself defines the contents, which may be historical, aesthetic, philosophical or whatever. In this case, it is likely to be a brouchure serving as an introduction to the exhibition. It is probably very close to a catalogue today, though it may or may not list all the works.
Kate Major Patience (asker) Sep 30, 2010:
Perhaps... Perhaps this work ONLY appeared in the catalogue, and so they have mentioned the catalogue and not the exhibition itself? Although usually this is specified as follows: [Name of exhibition] (Appeared in catalogue but was not on display). I shall certainly pose the theory to the client.
SMcG (X) Sep 30, 2010:
re: Description or caption? No, 'notice' from the old French use of the word to mean a short catalogue or publication.
Marco Solinas Sep 30, 2010:
Description or caption? Could it be the note describing the painting that is normally affixed next to it in an exhibition?
Kate Major Patience (asker) Sep 30, 2010:
Note: This is included in the "Exhibitions" section of the record in question and the general list of exhibitions I have been provided with detailing shows in which all the paintings have featured, and I haven't found any mistakes thus far. Could this refer to an exhibition and a catalogue or is this a mistake, do you think? In any case, I will flag this to the client... I am bearing in mind that the list was drawn up probably by non-French speakers (probably Spanish).

Proposed translations

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Record of the paintings

This is a historical account of paintings from a particular collection or exhibition. It is not the same thing as a catalogue. I think it would be referred to as a record or historic account. It gives information about the paintings, their provenance and different owners.

See for instance:

Notice historique et descriptive des tableaux et des sculptures exposés dans le Musée royal de La Haye.

http://www.dictionaryofarthistorians.org/stuersv.htm

http://infibeam.com/Books/info/frdric-reiset/notice-des-tabl...

http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=OqyP3ahNOugC&pg=PA125&lpg...

Paris, Cercle des Arts, Notice des Études peints par M. Theodore Rousseau, exh. cat. (Paris: L'Académie des Bibliophiles, 1867), no. 58.

http://19thc-artworldwide.org/index.php/spring08/107-new-dis...



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It is normally published in book form.
Peer comment(s):

agree SMcG (X) : yeah, record would be more apt in a modern context, 'notice' from the old French use of the word to mean a short catalogue or publication.
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thanks SMcG
agree philgoddard : Good answer.
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thanks, Phil
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Exhibition of the paintings

"Notice" is a very odd word to use for "exhibition" though. I am pretty sure this is what it means in this specific instance.

Notice des tableaux de la Galerie Espagnole exposés dans les salles du Musée Royal au Louvre, Galerie Louise Philippe, Paris, 1838
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Exhibition of the paintings from the Galerie Espagnole exhibited in the rooms of the Musée Royal au Louvre, Galerie Louise Philippe, Paris, 1838
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brochure, circular, handbill

Very likely this is a small printed document given to exhibition visitors.
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Descriptive catalogue of (the) paintings…

Something akin to a modern "exhibition checklist", except that it has descriptions rather than reproductions.

Don't know why it's in the exhibition section though, unless an exhibition was based on that particular catalogue, which seems unlikely.

examples:

The Descriptive Catalogue of Paintings in the Gallery of Daniel Pratt, published in 1853, describes, in addition to the interior of St. Peter's paintings of historical subjects like the Landing of Cleopatra and Landing of Columbus, romantic landscapes including the Falls of Niagara, the Natural Bridge, Virginia, and Naples, and portraits of such prominent figures as George Washington and Henry Clay.
http://www.pratthistory.com/george_cooke.htm

W. H. J. Weale and Jean Paul Richter. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Collection of Pictures Belonging to the Earl of Northbrook. London, 1889, pp. 182–83, no. 237, cites it in the collection of the Earl of Northbrook; transcribes the date as 1643.
http://www.metmuseum.org/works_of_art/collection_database/eu...
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catalogue

That particular exhibition was special:

"Unquestionably, the key event in the surge of Hispanism in France was the 1838 opening of King Louis-Philippe d’Orléans’s Galerie Espagnole in the Louvre. Orchestrated by Baron Taylor, the Spanish Gallery assembled 400 paintings, from late sixteenth-century works by El Greco and Morales to masterpieces by Zurbarán and Murillo to major canvases by Goya, to become, in effect, a competitor with the Prado itself."

(from link below...)
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