Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
anatrópico
English translation:
reversible
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Charles Davis
Apr 6, 2019 20:26
5 yrs ago
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This is from a wall text for a show of pre-Hispanic ceramics:
En el cuerpo de personajes humanos y animales, se reiteran motivos pintados, escalonados, rombos y triángulos. Completan el conjunto seres híbridos que aúnan rasgos humanos y felínicos, a veces a través de formas anatrópicas: según se vea la pieza, rotándola 90º o 180º, adquiere un aspecto u otro. Es posible que este procedimiento y la iconografía híbrida aludan a la transformación chamánica.
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En el cuerpo de personajes humanos y animales, se reiteran motivos pintados, escalonados, rombos y triángulos. Completan el conjunto seres híbridos que aúnan rasgos humanos y felínicos, a veces a través de formas anatrópicas: según se vea la pieza, rotándola 90º o 180º, adquiere un aspecto u otro. Es posible que este procedimiento y la iconografía híbrida aludan a la transformación chamánica.
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Proposed translations
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| 4 +3 | reversible |
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| 3 -1 | anthropic |
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Apr 20, 2019 04:02: Charles Davis Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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reversible
This is derived from a Greek root, anatrope (Ανατροπή), meaning inversion or reversal. It has political and medical applications.
"Anatropy" is a term in biology:
"(of a plant ovule) the condition of being inverted during development by a bending of the stalk causing the nucleus to point toward the base"
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/anatrop...
So the idea is reversible. Here's an Argentine source on ceramics that confirms it:
"SOBRE LA DUALIDAD EN UNA MISMA FORMA. FIGURAS ANATRÓPICAS
[...]
El término anatrópico aplicado a las figuras reversibles ha sido utilizado por diversos investigadores, especialmente historiadores del arte precolombino [...]
La importancia de las figuras o formas anatrópicas (reversibles) y las con ellas relacionadas y las proyecciones de su sentido dual fueron advertidas de manera clarividente por Lévi-Strauss [...]"
http://www.cehsf.ceride.gov.ar/america_27.pdf (pp. 50-51)
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You could, in fact, use "anatropic" for this in English:
"Anatropic images
Images which may be viewed from different angles"
https://quizlet.com/108281098/americas-art-flash-cards/
"Such double-profile figures and anatropic (reversible) images appear sporadically in pottery"
George Kubler, The Art and Architecture of Ancient America: The Mexican, Maya, and Andean Peoples, p. 369
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=1c1SPM7CrPcC&pg=PA369&lp...
"Anatropic organization, in which design elements can be rotated 180 degrees and still be visually meaningful."
Mary B. Brown, The Emergence of the Bird in Andean Paracas Art.c. 900 BCE - 200 CE, p. 136
However, only specialists in the field will understand it. It's certainly new to me.
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Note added at 53 mins (2019-04-06 21:19:33 GMT)
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Last ref. cited above:
https://academicworks.cuny.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2...
"Anatropy" is a term in biology:
"(of a plant ovule) the condition of being inverted during development by a bending of the stalk causing the nucleus to point toward the base"
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/anatrop...
So the idea is reversible. Here's an Argentine source on ceramics that confirms it:
"SOBRE LA DUALIDAD EN UNA MISMA FORMA. FIGURAS ANATRÓPICAS
[...]
El término anatrópico aplicado a las figuras reversibles ha sido utilizado por diversos investigadores, especialmente historiadores del arte precolombino [...]
La importancia de las figuras o formas anatrópicas (reversibles) y las con ellas relacionadas y las proyecciones de su sentido dual fueron advertidas de manera clarividente por Lévi-Strauss [...]"
http://www.cehsf.ceride.gov.ar/america_27.pdf (pp. 50-51)
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Note added at 52 mins (2019-04-06 21:18:45 GMT)
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You could, in fact, use "anatropic" for this in English:
"Anatropic images
Images which may be viewed from different angles"
https://quizlet.com/108281098/americas-art-flash-cards/
"Such double-profile figures and anatropic (reversible) images appear sporadically in pottery"
George Kubler, The Art and Architecture of Ancient America: The Mexican, Maya, and Andean Peoples, p. 369
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=1c1SPM7CrPcC&pg=PA369&lp...
"Anatropic organization, in which design elements can be rotated 180 degrees and still be visually meaningful."
Mary B. Brown, The Emergence of the Bird in Andean Paracas Art.c. 900 BCE - 200 CE, p. 136
However, only specialists in the field will understand it. It's certainly new to me.
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Note added at 53 mins (2019-04-06 21:19:33 GMT)
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Last ref. cited above:
https://academicworks.cuny.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2...
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
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5 mins
Juan Arturo Blackmore Zerón
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anthropic
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