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Battitura dei fili
Italian to English
Art/Literary
Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting
Wall painting / Fresco
Description about how frescos were made in 1500.
The italian passage talks about: sulla malta ruvida (arriccio) si trasponevano linee di riferimento come le cornici con l'aiuto della battitura dei fili.
I have found "snapped lines", but not entirely sure this is the correct translation.
Battitura dei fili: Metodo di trasposizione delle linee rette di un disegno sull’intonaco, con linee ‟battute” tramite una cordicella intrisa di pigmento (o senza, quando la linea viene impressa nell’intonaco fresco), fissata con due chiodi all’estremità e fatta scattare sulla superficie in modo da lasciarvi una traccia colorata e/o impressa (Progetto Resta di stucco) > thanks to: https://restadistucco.ch/it/glossario
Method of applying a straight lines of a drawing onto plaster, by stretching a piece of string soaked in pigment (or without, when the line is impressed into fresh plaster), pulling back and releasing it so that it snaps against the painting, leaving a mark (Resta di Stucco Project).
The italian passage talks about: sulla malta ruvida (arriccio) si trasponevano linee di riferimento come le cornici con l'aiuto della battitura dei fili.
I have found "snapped lines", but not entirely sure this is the correct translation.
Battitura dei fili: Metodo di trasposizione delle linee rette di un disegno sull’intonaco, con linee ‟battute” tramite una cordicella intrisa di pigmento (o senza, quando la linea viene impressa nell’intonaco fresco), fissata con due chiodi all’estremità e fatta scattare sulla superficie in modo da lasciarvi una traccia colorata e/o impressa (Progetto Resta di stucco) > thanks to: https://restadistucco.ch/it/glossario
Method of applying a straight lines of a drawing onto plaster, by stretching a piece of string soaked in pigment (or without, when the line is impressed into fresh plaster), pulling back and releasing it so that it snaps against the painting, leaving a mark (Resta di Stucco Project).
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 | snapping taut pieces of string onto the surface of the fresco |
philgoddard
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| 3 +1 | cord snapping |
liz askew
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| 3 | Snapping a line/cord |
Janice Giffin
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Proposed translations
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snapping taut pieces of string onto the surface of the fresco
This technique is still employed in the construction sector, using chalk lines.
I don't think it can be expressed as concisely in English as it is in Italian. 'Snapped lines' doesn't convey a clear meaning.
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Note added at 16 mins (2024-01-19 16:18:13 GMT)
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In your case, I don't think they'd need to use pigment because the string would make a mark in the wet plaster.
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Note added at 19 mins (2024-01-19 16:21:01 GMT)
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Sorry, ignore my last comment - you've already said this.
I don't think it can be expressed as concisely in English as it is in Italian. 'Snapped lines' doesn't convey a clear meaning.
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Note added at 16 mins (2024-01-19 16:18:13 GMT)
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In your case, I don't think they'd need to use pigment because the string would make a mark in the wet plaster.
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Note added at 19 mins (2024-01-19 16:21:01 GMT)
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Sorry, ignore my last comment - you've already said this.
+1
1 hr
cord snapping
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Note added at 1 h (2024-01-19 17:25:45 GMT)
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https://ccaroma.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/AlRadi_Nardi_...
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Note added at 1 h (2024-01-19 17:26:07 GMT)
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Cord-snapping is commonly used in wall painting as a quick way to make straight lines. It is done by marking the plaster (with a brush or small incisions) at ...
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Note added at 6 h (2024-01-19 22:18:28 GMT)
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https://www.academia.edu/14746606/Drawing_and_Painting_in_th...
The patterns that might stylus-ruled (or cord-snapped) horizontals to align the have survived such intensive use (their purpose and units, Ghirbndaio and his ...
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https://www.giuseppebasile.org/ext/scrovegni/eng/capire/pop0...
In addition, before the design can be drawn and the pigments applied to the final layer of plaster, a whole series of preparatory operations must be carried out: snapping the cords (establishing a centre line or a grid by means of a taut cord dipped in paint and snapped against the surface), applying the rough plaster undercoat
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https://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/28/arts/under-a-shroud-of-ki...
Mr. Strinati, for his part, believes that many details in the newfound Cavallini fresco are eerily echoed in the ''St. Francis Legend.'' Walking over to the chapel's left wall, he points to remnants of battitura dei fili, a technique in which stretched-out thread covered in reddish paint was snapped on the wall to help create straight lines in the fresco's background architecture. ''That technique was once thought to have originated at Assisi,'' he explains. ''But here it is, in a medieval Roman church.''
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Note added at 6 h (2024-01-19 22:38:55 GMT)
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https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/international-colle...
Cords soaked in red ink were stretched out between two pieces of wood and then snapped against the wall to create perfectly straight lines.
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Note added at 1 h (2024-01-19 17:25:45 GMT)
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https://ccaroma.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/AlRadi_Nardi_...
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Note added at 1 h (2024-01-19 17:26:07 GMT)
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Cord-snapping is commonly used in wall painting as a quick way to make straight lines. It is done by marking the plaster (with a brush or small incisions) at ...
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Note added at 6 h (2024-01-19 22:18:28 GMT)
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https://www.academia.edu/14746606/Drawing_and_Painting_in_th...
The patterns that might stylus-ruled (or cord-snapped) horizontals to align the have survived such intensive use (their purpose and units, Ghirbndaio and his ...
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Note added at 6 h (2024-01-19 22:23:05 GMT)
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https://www.giuseppebasile.org/ext/scrovegni/eng/capire/pop0...
In addition, before the design can be drawn and the pigments applied to the final layer of plaster, a whole series of preparatory operations must be carried out: snapping the cords (establishing a centre line or a grid by means of a taut cord dipped in paint and snapped against the surface), applying the rough plaster undercoat
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Note added at 6 h (2024-01-19 22:36:36 GMT)
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https://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/28/arts/under-a-shroud-of-ki...
Mr. Strinati, for his part, believes that many details in the newfound Cavallini fresco are eerily echoed in the ''St. Francis Legend.'' Walking over to the chapel's left wall, he points to remnants of battitura dei fili, a technique in which stretched-out thread covered in reddish paint was snapped on the wall to help create straight lines in the fresco's background architecture. ''That technique was once thought to have originated at Assisi,'' he explains. ''But here it is, in a medieval Roman church.''
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Note added at 6 h (2024-01-19 22:38:55 GMT)
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https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/international-colle...
Cords soaked in red ink were stretched out between two pieces of wood and then snapped against the wall to create perfectly straight lines.
Note from asker:
| Thank you so much! |
Peer comment(s):
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philgoddard
: Like 'snapped lines', I don't think this will be easily understood.//Because it needs to be explained, as it is in all of your examples.
6 mins
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why not? https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=4PO0ysM_RbwC&pg=PA24&lpg...
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martini
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Grazie!
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Snapping a line/cord
Part of the preparatory work to ensure a straight line on a finished work, be it woodwork, construction or wall painting including frescoes. It is an ancient technique that has even found its way into the vocabulary of digital art (Adobe Fresco is an app with a snapline function).
Example sentence:
.... snapping a lines, masons and artists. ... Ancient Egyptians used red and yellow ochres and black inks for their lines.
Roman wall paintings ... display depressions in coloured plaster backgrounds left by...imprints made by snapping a cord against the rendering
Reference:
https://blog.lostartpress.com/2019/04/30/snap-a-line/
https://heritagesciencejournal.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s40494-016-0111-4
Reference comments
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Reference:
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https://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/28/arts/under-a-shroud-of-ki...
Walking over to the chapel's left wall, he points to remnants of battitura dei fili, a technique in which stretched-out thread covered in reddish paint was snapped on the wall to help create straight lines in the fresco's background architecture. ''That technique was once thought to have originated at Assisi,'' he explains. ''But here it is, in a medieval Roman church.''
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Note added at 1 h (2024-01-19 17:16:06 GMT)
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https://www.palazzospinelli.org/argomed/scheda-argomed-eng.a...
snapped cord technique
In the technique of mural painting, the expression indicates a particular method for marking, on the surface which is to be painted, horizontal and vertical lines of reference for the composition or the grid for the transportation of the drawing. The procedure foresees that, on the surface, a string is held tightly (between pre-defined points) usually covered with charcoal powder or brown earth: taking advantage of the tension of the string, it is lifted into the centre and then let go to fall, so that on the wall, a straight line is imprinted.
note:
italiano
battitura dei fili
francese
traçage au cordeau
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Note added at 1 h (2024-01-19 17:19:15 GMT)
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https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=mkJfbdTS--UC&pg=PA735&lp...
Walking over to the chapel's left wall, he points to remnants of battitura dei fili, a technique in which stretched-out thread covered in reddish paint was snapped on the wall to help create straight lines in the fresco's background architecture. ''That technique was once thought to have originated at Assisi,'' he explains. ''But here it is, in a medieval Roman church.''
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Note added at 1 h (2024-01-19 17:16:06 GMT)
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https://www.palazzospinelli.org/argomed/scheda-argomed-eng.a...
snapped cord technique
In the technique of mural painting, the expression indicates a particular method for marking, on the surface which is to be painted, horizontal and vertical lines of reference for the composition or the grid for the transportation of the drawing. The procedure foresees that, on the surface, a string is held tightly (between pre-defined points) usually covered with charcoal powder or brown earth: taking advantage of the tension of the string, it is lifted into the centre and then let go to fall, so that on the wall, a straight line is imprinted.
note:
italiano
battitura dei fili
francese
traçage au cordeau
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Note added at 1 h (2024-01-19 17:19:15 GMT)
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https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=mkJfbdTS--UC&pg=PA735&lp...
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