Dec 15, 2020 20:34
3 yrs ago
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French term
United Kingdom
canon
French to English
Art/Literary
Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting
Figure painting style
Description of a figure in a painting. Context: "L’ordonnateur du repas, avec son chapeau à plume et son col typique des espagnols de la fin du XVIème est probablement un portrait du commanditaire: son visage n’a pas le canon habituel des personnages masculins de l'artiste" What is the sense of "canon" here, please? The usual expression that the artist used? Thanks in advance for any help.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +1 | his face is not based on the artist's usual model for male figures |
Thomas Miles
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| 4 +5 | canon / repertoire |
Helen Shiner
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| 4 | canon |
MassimoA
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| 4 | pattern |
Richard George Elliott
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Change log
Dec 15, 2020 23:22: Yolanda Broad changed "Term asked" from "canon (here)" to "canon "
Proposed translations
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13 mins
Thomas Miles
France
France
Native in English
France
FR/AR-EN, broad range of domains
Native in: English 
Works in: French to English, Arabic to English, Italian to English
Related KudoZ points
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4
French term (edited):
son visage n’a pas le canon habituel des personnages masculins de l'artiste
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his face is not based on the artist's usual model for male figures
Essentially, something based around the word 'model' (verb/noun).
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his faced is not modelled on ...
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his faced is not modelled on ...
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks very much for your help."
+5
6 mins
Helen Shiner
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
Specializes in field
United Kingdom
Arts/Academic translator - Art historian
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, French to English
Related KudoZ points
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348
French term (edited):
canon (here)
canon / repertoire
Is not within the artist's usual repertoire. I have to say to use 'canon' in this limited way is slightly strange. Here is what it normally means in art history: https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/glossary/canon-... An audience familiar with art history would understand it though, if you were to use 'canon' in English, too. But you could do better.
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A slightly more expansive explanation: https://www.artmumble.com/what-is-meaning-of-canon-when-appl...
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Note added at 8 mins (2020-12-15 20:42:36 GMT)
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A slightly more expansive explanation: https://www.artmumble.com/what-is-meaning-of-canon-when-appl...
Peer comment(s):
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philgoddard
: I think this is fine. If you're reading a text on art history, you probably know what canon means.
1 hr
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Thanks, not sure the writer does, but hey ho.
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Yvonne Gallagher
2 hrs
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Thanks, Yvonne
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writeaway
3 hrs
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Thanks, writeaway
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Carol Gullidge
: yes indeed, in the sense of a criterion rather than the more usual body of work. It also depends on the register of the text.
14 hrs
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Thanks, Carol
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Michele Fauble
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Thanks, Michele
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canon
The most obvious sense is the normal character style of the artist.
Canon is also a multinational company that produces cameras and camcorders, sometimes we say "a face like a Canon shot".
Canon is also a multinational company that produces cameras and camcorders, sometimes we say "a face like a Canon shot".
1 day 11 hrs
Richard George Elliott
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
Specializes in field
United Kingdom
Art, music, literature
Native in: English
Works in: French to English, German to English
Related KudoZ points
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4
pattern
Larousse Dictionnaire de la langue française:
1.6. Bx-arts.
Mesure servant de module aux sculpteurs pour les proportions de leurs statues.
Applied by extension here to painting, I believe.
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His male figures, that is.
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Note added at 1 day 15 hrs (2020-12-17 12:28:43 GMT)
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** The dictionary definition given above is, of course, for the headword "canon" **
1.6. Bx-arts.
Mesure servant de module aux sculpteurs pour les proportions de leurs statues.
Applied by extension here to painting, I believe.
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Note added at 1 day 14 hrs (2020-12-17 11:05:48 GMT)
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His male figures, that is.
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Note added at 1 day 15 hrs (2020-12-17 12:28:43 GMT)
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** The dictionary definition given above is, of course, for the headword "canon" **
Example sentence:
"...his face does not follow this artist's usual pattern for male characters."
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