Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Deutsch term or phrase:
Formvokabular
Englisch translation:
formal vocabulary
Added to glossary by
Courtney Sliwinski
Jun 26, 2007 14:00
16 yrs ago
Deutsch term
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Native in: Englisch 
Works in: Deutsch > Englisch, Englisch > Deutsch
Formvokabular
Deutsch > Englisch
Kunst/Literatur
Druck und Satz, Verlagswesen
Printing in Art
In dieser Entschiedenheit entwickelte sie ein bildreiches Formvokabular mit surrealen Zügen, wie beispielsweise in ihrer grafischen Serie über “Träume” und des “Odysseus”.
Is anyone familiar with this term, and can offer some good suggestions?
Is anyone familiar with this term, and can offer some good suggestions?
Proposed translations
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formal vocabulary
seems to be common in connection with painting and architecture
"Peebles has created a spartan formal vocabulary derived directly from the Stijl artists but ultimately ..."
"Chagall integrated personal fantasy and narrative elements from Russian folk art into an advanced formal vocabulary indebted to the French artists, as is evident in his The Soldier Drinks (1911–12). "
http://www.guggenheimlasvegas.org/past/exhibition_168_page_6...
from the Tate Galler: "a reduced formal vocabulary of simple, often geometric compositions executed in a characteristically detached manner."
"Peebles has created a spartan formal vocabulary derived directly from the Stijl artists but ultimately ..."
"Chagall integrated personal fantasy and narrative elements from Russian folk art into an advanced formal vocabulary indebted to the French artists, as is evident in his The Soldier Drinks (1911–12). "
http://www.guggenheimlasvegas.org/past/exhibition_168_page_6...
from the Tate Galler: "a reduced formal vocabulary of simple, often geometric compositions executed in a characteristically detached manner."
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