Sep 19, 2007 11:49
16 yrs ago
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French term
jeu de brillance
French to English
Art/Literary
Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting
Hi everyone
Describing ink on paper drawings. Here is the text in full:
La série se caractérise par une grande attention portée aux repentirs dans l’image, à ces figures cryptées dans les noirs qui se laissent deviner par le jeu des brillances propre à la technique de l’encre sur papier.
The "repentirs" are the changes the artist makes as he is working (a bit like crossing out as you write!). My understanding is that these changes can be seen underneath the black of the ink depending on the light play on the paper. "Light play" is how I interpret "jeu de brillance" but I'm not sure that's what it is.
Is anyone more familiar with this technique than I am?
Many thanks!
Describing ink on paper drawings. Here is the text in full:
La série se caractérise par une grande attention portée aux repentirs dans l’image, à ces figures cryptées dans les noirs qui se laissent deviner par le jeu des brillances propre à la technique de l’encre sur papier.
The "repentirs" are the changes the artist makes as he is working (a bit like crossing out as you write!). My understanding is that these changes can be seen underneath the black of the ink depending on the light play on the paper. "Light play" is how I interpret "jeu de brillance" but I'm not sure that's what it is.
Is anyone more familiar with this technique than I am?
Many thanks!
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 +8 | play of light |
Christopher Crockett
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| 3 | interplay/interaction of light |
David Vaughn
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Proposed translations
+8
27 mins
Christopher Crockett
Native in English
Specializes in field
M.A., Ph.D. Historian/Art Historian
Native in: English 
Works in: French to English, English
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play of light
...the figures hidden in the blacks which may be discerned by the
the play of light created by this particular technique of [applying] ink on the paper.
In Art Hysterical writing, the phrase "play of light" is usually found in discussions of (classical Greek) sculpture, "the play of light across the surface of the stone" --but it works equally well in this graphic instance.
the play of light created by this particular technique of [applying] ink on the paper.
In Art Hysterical writing, the phrase "play of light" is usually found in discussions of (classical Greek) sculpture, "the play of light across the surface of the stone" --but it works equally well in this graphic instance.
2 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "I tried to discover more about what this "jeu de brillance" is exactly but failed! I think it's the angle at which the light hits the paper. In the end I went with my original idea of "light play" to slightly distinguish from "play of light" (the French might talk about "jeu de lumière" for this). "Blanc bonnet, bonnet blanc" as they say! Thanks Christopher and Vaughn."
16 mins
interplay/interaction of light
or glossinesses / reflectivity
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