Glossary entry

Italian term or phrase:

dello spazio mentale del fare pittura

English translation:

the mental space that painting demands.

Added to glossary by Lara Barnett
Nov 17, 2019 13:41
4 yrs ago
Italian term

dello spazio mentale del fare pittura

Italian to English Art/Literary General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters Review on artist's colle
Is this something like "working in the space of her own thought process... ?" Phrase falls at the end of this "chunk" of sentence/paragraph.


".... una visioneinterpretazione dello spazio del mondo, racchiuso in quei grandi volti, strutturati attorno allo sguardo, vero faro attraverso cui Clelia si è impossessata dello spazio fisico dell’opera e dello spazio mentale del fare pittura: lo sguardo come espressione tanto del ritrattato quanto della pittrice.

Discussion

Lara Barnett (asker) Nov 18, 2019:
@ Fiona I am aware of that.
PS.
".. that painting demands" is what I need, thanks.
Fiona Grace Peterson Nov 17, 2019:
Impossessarsi Lara, note that the verb "impossessarsi" here applies both to the mental and physical space.

Proposed translations

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the mental space of painting [the picture].

...the physical space of the work and the mental space of painting it.
Peer comment(s):

agree Fiona Grace Peterson : Or "the mental space that painting demands".
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agree philgoddard
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agree Michele Fauble
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