Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

apropiacionismo

English translation:

appropriationism

Added to glossary by philgoddard
Aug 3, 2009 17:36
14 yrs ago
Spanish term

apropiacionismo

Spanish to English Art/Literary Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting
Hello,
Is there any English equivalent for this word? It refers to an artistic trend or resource characteristic of post modern art.
THANKS A LOT
Change log

Aug 3, 2009 17:44: Colin Rowe changed "Language pair" from "English to Spanish" to "Spanish to English"

Aug 4, 2009 20:01: philgoddard Created KOG entry

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appropriationism

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http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary_561534479/appropriationism...

It's always worth Googling the obvious translation to see whether it's right!
Note from asker:
Even though I don´t usually rely on obvious translation, I never reject it but this word sounds so awkward in Spanish, I thought they had a better one in English. Sadly, I was wrong
THANKS
Peer comment(s):

agree Jenni Lukac (X) : yes, it is:"blending of two artists' images: the incorporation of an image created by another artist into a new piece of art or design"
2 mins
agree Elizabeth Novesky
3 mins
agree eski
30 mins
agree K Donnelly
1 hr
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appropriatism

I would say ....

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Minimalism, Postmodernism, Post-Avant-Gardism, Neo- Surrealism, Neo-
Expressionism, Fractional- ism, Appropriatism, Earthworks, Chaotic Pluralism,
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RIBA journal‎
by Royal Institute of British Architects - Architecture - 1982

"Appropriatism" would be more descriptive. ... Like most artistic endeavour
which results in a recognisable style there can be considerable misuse of the
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appropriation art

Results 1 - 10 of about 912 English and Spanish pages for "appropriation art" "modern art" definition. (0.29 seconds)

Search ResultsPostmodern art - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Many critics hold that postmodern art emerges out of modern art. ..... Appropriation art debunks modernist notions of artistic genius and originality ... its status as a postmodern movement and the definition of postmodernism itself. ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postmodern_art - Cached - SimilarPennTags /project/8207
Appropriation art is an important post-modern movement that was most active .... She finds courts avoiding the definition of art, and uses the Rogers v. .... his employment first at the Museum of Modern Art and later as a Wall Street ...
tags.library.upenn.edu/project/8207 - Cached - SimilarARKEN Museum of Modern Art - A
Appropriation art. Art movement emerging in New York in the early 1980s. ... Appropriation art is characterised by an analytic and critical commitment to ...
www.arken.dk/content/us/arkens_collection/dictionary/a - SimilarHandbook of the economics of art and culture - Google Books Result
by Victor Ginsburgh, C. D. Throsby - 2006 - Business & Economics - 1321 pages
Appropriation Art has been described "as getting the hand out of art and putting the brain ... we would not have modern art as we know it" [Norman (1996, p. ...
books.google.com/books?isbn=0444508708...
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