Aug 1, 2013 02:54
10 yrs ago
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Portuguese term

friso

Portuguese to English Art/Literary Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting Painting description
This is the description of a painting:

"O próprio título desta pintura aponta para um lugar comum na pintura surrealista: a situação teatral encenada com personagens mais ou menos estranhos. Porém nesta obra essa aparente unidade do lugar teatral, reforçada pela forte composição triangular, ****friso**** de meninos e bichos agressivos, caixa do ponto (?), árvore antropomórfica incendiada, ídolo flechado com rochedo atrás, é imediatamente duplicada e subvertida, pelo teatro dentro do teatro onde afinal estão testemunhas inquietas e espalhando a inquietação quase por toda a parte, crianças agredidas, ídolos estranhos."

Any suggestions? (US English)

Thanks in advance!

Discussion

Ligia Costa (asker) Aug 1, 2013:
@Nick: Thank you for the link! @airmailrpl: thanks for trying to help, but I don't think "frieze" is the case here.

Seeing the painting now, it's a series of elements lined up.
Nick Taylor Aug 1, 2013:
Yes it obviously isnt a freize. With children and wild animals in the foreground
Entry text
airmailrpl Aug 1, 2013:
Frieze frieze /frēz/ Noun

A broad horizontal band of sculpted or painted decoration, esp. on a wall near the ceiling.
A horizontal paper strip mounted on a wall to give a similar effect.

Frieze - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
https://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frieze
In architecture the frieze /ˈfriːz/ is the wide central section part of an entablature and may be plain in the Ionic or Doric order, or decorated with bas-reliefs.
‎Entablature - ‎Parthenon Frieze - ‎

Frieze | Define Frieze at Dictionary.com
www.dictionary.reference.com/browse/frieze
the part of a classical entablature between the architrave and the cornice, usually decorated with sculpture in low relief. See diag. under column.
Nick Taylor Aug 1, 2013:
It just needs a bit of effort on the part... of the asker
http://cam.gulbenkian.pt/index.php?article=60264&visual=2&la...
Ligia Costa (asker) Aug 1, 2013:
@Tim I have the text only, so no, I haven't seen it. I've tried searching for it online but couldn't find it. I really wish I could. It's just hard for me to picture a "frieze of aggressive boys and animals" on a painting...

Proposed translations

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series / line

I found the following definition: "série de elementos apresentados sucessivamente, como numa faixa"
Peer comment(s):

agree Wagner Azevedo : Parece ser isso mesmo. As imagens sucessivas formando um "friso" no sentido de desenho, mesmo. E o "ponto" me parece ser o prompter, que auxilia quem esqueceu sua fala... Veja este glossário: http://www.iar.unicamp.br/lab/luz/ld/C�nica/Gloss�rios/a_g
14 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks, Tim!"
+2
59 mins

frieze

So you probably know that this is the literal meaning. Have you seen the artwork? Does this make sense?
Note from asker:
Thanks for the suggestion, Tim. I'm not sure though (see my discussion post).
Peer comment(s):

neutral Nick Taylor : http://cam.gulbenkian.pt/index.php?article=60264&visual=2&la...
6 hrs
neutral airmailrpl : frieze by Friese
8 hrs
agree Jessica Guimaraes : Tendo em vista que a palavra "friso" é utilizada regularmente para descrever trabalhos geométricos e artísticos, acredito que a tradução literal seja a melhor opção :) http://www.apm.pt/files/_CO_Peres_4a4dd396223ad.pdf http://www.distritosdeportugal.com
10 hrs
agree Verginia Ophof
12 hrs
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4 hrs

in the foreground

in the foreground
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+1
7 hrs

emphasis


Significado de Frisar
v.t. Salientar, enfatizar, sublinhar.
Sinônimos de Frisar
Sinônimo de frisar: acentuar, salientar, sobressair e sublinha
http://www.dicio.com.br/frisar/
Peer comment(s):

agree Denise Leitao
4 hrs
agradeço
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17 hrs

procession

If you are ruling out´frieze´, an architectural term towards which the commentary may be alluding, then perhaps the term ´procession´might be an option.

Thus,

´... , a procession of boys and aggressive animals, ...´

such as we might find in much of ancient Greek ceramic art.
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5 days

garniture made out of

Por se tratar de uma obra artística, é possível que haja uma guarnição (friso) feita de desenhos de meninos e bichos.
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