arrisca o limite da existência do próprio ornamento

English translation: the ornamentation comes to the point of no return

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Portuguese term or phrase:arrisca o limite da existência do próprio ornamento
English translation:the ornamentation comes to the point of no return
Entered by: Nick Taylor

20:52 Sep 26, 2013
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Materials (Plastics, Ceramics, etc.) / Azulejos
Portuguese term or phrase: arrisca o limite da existência do próprio ornamento
Hi everyone! Translating material on tiles. Thanks for your help!

A abstração geométrica é um tema omnipresente ao longo de toda a produção artística desde tempos primordiais, abrindo um território infinito de experiências perceptivas, nomeadamente através das Artes Decorativas. No caso do azulejo, tem especial evidência em produções islâmicas, marcadas pelas construções assentes na geometria, na repetição e no número, numa aproximação poética à imagem do infinito.
Tal não parece aplicar-se a este azulejo que ***arrisca o limite da existência do próprio ornamento*** num período de rupturas profundas na cultura artística das civilizações ocidentais.
Lindsay Spratt
France
Local time: 11:20
the ornamentation comes to the point of no return
Explanation:
the ornamentation comes to the point of no return
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Nick Taylor
Local time: 10:20
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Summary of answers provided
4risks the limit of the ornament's very own existance
Isabel Sendao
4challenges the limit of the ornament's very own existence
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
4jeopardizes the limit of existence of the decoration itself
Marlene Curtis
4the ornamentation comes to the point of no return
Nick Taylor


  

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risks the limit of the ornament's very own existance


Explanation:
The text is discussing a change in the visual style portrayed in the tiles.

Isabel Sendao
United States
Local time: 05:20
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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challenges the limit of the ornament's very own existence


Explanation:
My suggestion...

Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Portugal
Local time: 10:20
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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Asker: 'Challenges' is good Teresa, 'risks' was throwing me off. Thanks :)

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jeopardizes the limit of existence of the decoration itself


Explanation:

That's how I would put it.

Marlene Curtis
United States
Local time: 05:20
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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the ornamentation comes to the point of no return


Explanation:
the ornamentation comes to the point of no return

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Nick Taylor
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