affestallate

English translation: crowded

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Italian term or phrase:affastellate
English translation:crowded
Entered by: Isabelle Johnson

13:39 May 8, 2015
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting
Italian term or phrase: affestallate
Queste pitture, grevi e affastellate, mescolano elementi lombardi e della scuola padovana dello Squarcione.

On the subject of the paintings of Giovanni Donato da Montorfano

Any help much appreciated
Isabelle Johnson
Italy
Local time: 10:20
crowded
Explanation:
Ciao Isabel,
suppongo si riferisca alla grande ricchezza di elementi dei suoi dipinti e alla composizione quasi caotica, se mi passi il termine.

Crowded è un termine che vedo spesso associato alla pittura (cerca "crowded painting") e penso si addica al caso anche se non escludo che esistano termini più consoni ma comunque affini. Qui di seguito viene proprio usato nella descrizione della Crocifissione.

The scene depicted by Montorfano is incredibly ***crowded*** and detailed. At the foot of the three crosses, groups of people react differently to the tragedy which is going on: dominican friars and nuns (who actually commissioned both works for the refectory of the Convent) barely daring to look; three women holding grief-stricken Maria, the only figure in the scene clad in light blue; John the Apostle watching soldiers who throw dice for Jesus' clothing.
On the background, the high walls of Jerusalem - a clear homage to Bramante, and on the foreground the crosses, tall and thin, inaccessible to human reach.
At the center of the composition, at the foot of the middle cross, Mary Magdalene is passionately clinging to the wood as if it was Jesus himself, her red hair loosely spread on her shoulders.
http://thebestofmilano.blogspot.com/2013/01/the-other-side-o...


affastellare v. tr. [der. di fastello] (io affastèllo, ecc.). – 1. Riunire, legare in fastelli: a. la legna, il grano. In partic., riunire fieno o paglia o piante di cereali in fastelli approssimativamente uguali per volume, peso e dimensioni, così da poter fare a occhio un calcolo approssimativo dell’entità del raccolto.

2. estens. Ammassare, mettere insieme confusamente; spec. in senso fig.: a. frasi, argomenti, citazioni; a. bugie. Nel gergo teatrale, usato assol., precipitare la recitazione (v. affastellamento). ◆ Part. pass. affastellato, anche come agg.: grano affastellato; fig., notizie affastellate senz’ordine. Con sign. specifico, in botanica, radici affastellate, quando sono numerose e tutte pressappoco di eguale sviluppo (sinon. di fascicolato). ◆ Avv. affastellataménte, in modo disordinato, confuso: raccontare, riferire affastellatamente i fatti.

Not my field but I hope it helps anyway. Have a nice one


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Note added at 1 hr (2015-05-08 14:54:27 GMT)
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My pleasure. I do hope to have a great (b'day) weekend indeed :)
Enjoy the rest of your day!
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texjax DDS PhD
Local time: 05:20
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crowded


Explanation:
Ciao Isabel,
suppongo si riferisca alla grande ricchezza di elementi dei suoi dipinti e alla composizione quasi caotica, se mi passi il termine.

Crowded è un termine che vedo spesso associato alla pittura (cerca "crowded painting") e penso si addica al caso anche se non escludo che esistano termini più consoni ma comunque affini. Qui di seguito viene proprio usato nella descrizione della Crocifissione.

The scene depicted by Montorfano is incredibly ***crowded*** and detailed. At the foot of the three crosses, groups of people react differently to the tragedy which is going on: dominican friars and nuns (who actually commissioned both works for the refectory of the Convent) barely daring to look; three women holding grief-stricken Maria, the only figure in the scene clad in light blue; John the Apostle watching soldiers who throw dice for Jesus' clothing.
On the background, the high walls of Jerusalem - a clear homage to Bramante, and on the foreground the crosses, tall and thin, inaccessible to human reach.
At the center of the composition, at the foot of the middle cross, Mary Magdalene is passionately clinging to the wood as if it was Jesus himself, her red hair loosely spread on her shoulders.
http://thebestofmilano.blogspot.com/2013/01/the-other-side-o...


affastellare v. tr. [der. di fastello] (io affastèllo, ecc.). – 1. Riunire, legare in fastelli: a. la legna, il grano. In partic., riunire fieno o paglia o piante di cereali in fastelli approssimativamente uguali per volume, peso e dimensioni, così da poter fare a occhio un calcolo approssimativo dell’entità del raccolto.

2. estens. Ammassare, mettere insieme confusamente; spec. in senso fig.: a. frasi, argomenti, citazioni; a. bugie. Nel gergo teatrale, usato assol., precipitare la recitazione (v. affastellamento). ◆ Part. pass. affastellato, anche come agg.: grano affastellato; fig., notizie affastellate senz’ordine. Con sign. specifico, in botanica, radici affastellate, quando sono numerose e tutte pressappoco di eguale sviluppo (sinon. di fascicolato). ◆ Avv. affastellataménte, in modo disordinato, confuso: raccontare, riferire affastellatamente i fatti.

Not my field but I hope it helps anyway. Have a nice one


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Note added at 1 hr (2015-05-08 14:54:27 GMT)
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My pleasure. I do hope to have a great (b'day) weekend indeed :)
Enjoy the rest of your day!


texjax DDS PhD
Local time: 05:20
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
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Grading comment
Thanks very much.
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Asker: Hello! Thanks so much for this. It sounds great. I hadn't thought about it in this way so this is very helpful indeed. Thanks and have a good weekend.


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agree  P.L.F. Persio: grande risposta; tantissimi auguri di buon compleanno per domani e per la Festa della Mamma domenica!
2 hrs
  -> Grazie e Grazie! Ci sentiamo in privato per gli auguri, che anticipo anche a te per il 10! ;)

agree  philgoddard: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/affastellato
3 hrs
  -> Thank you for confirming Phil! Have a great weekend

agree  Pompeo Lattanzi
2 days 1 hr
  -> Grazie. Ciao!
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