Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Italian term or phrase:
materia pittorica
English translation:
paint / medium/a / painterly matter / impasto
Added to glossary by
Ernestine Shargool
Oct 23, 2010 17:07
13 yrs ago
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Italian term
materia pittorica
Italian to English
Art/Literary
Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting
describing a painting:
la povertà della materia pittorica è coerente con lo stile dell'artista negli ultimi anni della sua vita.
la povertà della materia pittorica è coerente con lo stile dell'artista negli ultimi anni della sua vita.
Proposed translations
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3 +2 | paint / medium/a (depends on context) | Ernestine Shargool |
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Nov 6, 2010 04:39: Ernestine Shargool Created KOG entry
Nov 16, 2010 22:02: Ernestine Shargool changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/812677">Ernestine Shargool's</a> old entry - " materia pittorica "" to ""paint / medium/a / painterly matter""
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paint / medium/a (depends on context)
'materia pittorica' often just means 'paint' o medium/a used in the painting. You should be able to tell from the rest of the text if this is what it means here.
Van Gogh infine arrivava spesso a spremere direttamente il colore dal tubetto, in modo che la materia pittorica non fusa acquistasse una sua essenza autonoma, carica di tensione dalla vitalità febbrile[6].
http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittura_a_olio
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Note added at 2 hrs (2010-10-23 19:52:00 GMT)
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Synchronicity! I'm watching this programme (below) and the presenter has just used the expression "painterly matter" (which I had never heard before). It doesn't get many Ghits, but it's on BBC2!
In the second programme of his series on Renaissance painting, artist and writer Matthew Collings steps into the mysterious invented world of `The Garden of Earthly Delights' by Hieronymus Bosch. Using the latest high-resolution digital technology, Matthew is able to explore this extraordinary painting in minute detail and unravel some of the arcane messages that Bosch has woven into it.
http://www.onthebox.com/tv/episode/epe11845175001/renaissanc...
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Note added at 24 days (2010-11-16 22:01:11 GMT) Post-grading
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Also impasto for 'thick paint' (an Italian word, of course, but also used in English, and I've just heard it used by Muriel Gray talking about the Glasgow Boys - BBC 4).
Van Gogh infine arrivava spesso a spremere direttamente il colore dal tubetto, in modo che la materia pittorica non fusa acquistasse una sua essenza autonoma, carica di tensione dalla vitalità febbrile[6].
http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittura_a_olio
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Note added at 2 hrs (2010-10-23 19:52:00 GMT)
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Synchronicity! I'm watching this programme (below) and the presenter has just used the expression "painterly matter" (which I had never heard before). It doesn't get many Ghits, but it's on BBC2!
In the second programme of his series on Renaissance painting, artist and writer Matthew Collings steps into the mysterious invented world of `The Garden of Earthly Delights' by Hieronymus Bosch. Using the latest high-resolution digital technology, Matthew is able to explore this extraordinary painting in minute detail and unravel some of the arcane messages that Bosch has woven into it.
http://www.onthebox.com/tv/episode/epe11845175001/renaissanc...
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Note added at 24 days (2010-11-16 22:01:11 GMT) Post-grading
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Also impasto for 'thick paint' (an Italian word, of course, but also used in English, and I've just heard it used by Muriel Gray talking about the Glasgow Boys - BBC 4).
Peer comment(s):
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philgoddard
: I like "medium". But Matthew Collings is obviously trying to communicate with you telepathically!
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Yes, I was impressed! ;-) When I've downloaded the programme I'll find the exact sentence... if I remember correctly it was something like "big gloops of painterly matter"! :-)
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Sara Bollati
: Painterly matter seems even more appropriate than medium. I found it does get many Ghits and it can be used to refer also to material other than just paint.
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