a punta de pincel

English translation: Fine brushstroke

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Spanish term or phrase:a punta de pincel
English translation:Fine brushstroke
Entered by: Althea Draper

09:09 Aug 9, 2020
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Art/Literary - Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting / a punta de pincel
Spanish term or phrase: a punta de pincel
The text is about the resotration of a stone carving. Is there a specific term for "a punta de pincel" as it keeps cropping up. Thanks

Los detalles en los ojos a punta de pincel revelan la tercera intervención mientras que la cuarta es visible a través del negro en el cabello, las cejas o el ocre en las patas de gallo y pequeñas arrugas.
A. Deb
Spain
Local time: 08:48
Fine brushstroke
Explanation:
I would translate it as 'Fine brushstroke eye details reveal..'

In the link, you'll see how they refer to such details in Van Gogh paintings (p183)
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Althea Draper
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4 +3Fine brushstroke
Althea Draper
3 +1(using the) brush tip
ormiston
4with the brush tip technique
Antonella Perazzoni
4 -1painted onto the gold
Shilpa Baliga


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Fine brushstroke


Explanation:
I would translate it as 'Fine brushstroke eye details reveal..'

In the link, you'll see how they refer to such details in Van Gogh paintings (p183)

Example sentence(s):
  • To understand how Van Gogh uses fine brushstroke details to create image content

    Reference: http://helmut.knaust.info/resource/VanGogh.pdf
Althea Draper
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agree  Toni Castano: I agree with you.
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agree  neilmac
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agree  Rebecca Reddin
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
(using the) brush tip


Explanation:
Perhaps dots rather than strokes

ormiston
Local time: 08:48
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
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agree  philgoddard
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painted onto the gold


Explanation:
In the reference, the glossary defines this term as "Dícese de la pintura cuando la labor decorativa es ejecutada con el pincel sobre el oro."


    Reference: http://webs.ucm.es/BUCM/tesis//19972000/H/1/H1013701.pdf
Shilpa Baliga
Local time: 08:48
Works in field
Native speaker of: English

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disagree  Toni Castano: No, not in this case.
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with the brush tip technique


Explanation:
Entiendo que se refiere a una técnica específica

Antonella Perazzoni
Argentina
Local time: 04:48
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
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