Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Russian term or phrase:
мелкая пластика
English translation:
miniature plastic arts
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Alan Campbell
Jan 14, 2007 18:42
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Russian term
мелкая пластика
Russian to English
Science
Archaeology
Palaeolithic art
I can find no translation of the word пластика that would fit in this context. This part of the text is discussing the study of Palaeolithic art in the 1930s. I don't imagine that they were creating artworks out of plastic in the Stone Age!
Особенно активно в 30е г.г. разрабатывалась проблематика палеолитического искусства ввиду значения, придававшегося реконструкции идеологических представлений древности и под впечатлением открытий богатейших серий мелкой пластики в Костенках и Мальте.
Any ideas?
Особенно активно в 30е г.г. разрабатывалась проблематика палеолитического искусства ввиду значения, придававшегося реконструкции идеологических представлений древности и под впечатлением открытий богатейших серий мелкой пластики в Костенках и Мальте.
Any ideas?
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fine/small plastic arts
The deposits contained a lot of objects of small plastic arts made of faience, stone, carved bone and ivory which were typical for the Early Kingdom (0–II ...
www.cesras.ru/eng/arch/tia/temple.htm
"Plastic Arts are those visual arts that involve the use of materials that can be moulded or modulated in some way, often in three dimensions."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastic_arts
www.cesras.ru/eng/arch/tia/temple.htm
"Plastic Arts are those visual arts that involve the use of materials that can be moulded or modulated in some way, often in three dimensions."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastic_arts
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Comment: "Thank you Ibrahimus. I hadn't heard of that term before and was surprised to read about the use of plastic during the Palaeolithic! Googling for Kostenki and "plastic art" has yielded some positive results and it seems clear that this is the term I need. "
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moulding in clay
my guess
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indoor sculpture
This is what I use
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Note added at 10 hrs (2007-01-15 05:23:18 GMT)
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I entered it into my Multitran client a long time ago, but for some reason my client doesn't upload my entries when it updates the dictionary.
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Note added at 10 hrs (2007-01-15 05:23:18 GMT)
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I entered it into my Multitran client a long time ago, but for some reason my client doesn't upload my entries when it updates the dictionary.
Note from asker:
| This is another possible variant. Indoor in the sense of inside a cave or grotto or rock-shelter could work. |
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it' can be from rus. 'ostchep' / plastina' ie 'blade' -small blade-like (or flaked) artefacts
i checked my A Dictionary of Archeology by W.Bray, D. Trump, found Palaeolithic " пластинчато-резцовые индустрии" в верхнем палеолите (38000 до нашей эры) where they (Homo sapiens) used 'flakes' (Rus. "отщепы") and blades -Rus. "пластины" (which - пластина - is 'a long flake with parallel sides or edges) to make small tools / weapons etc.
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otschep (отщеп).
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Note added at 13 hrs (2007-01-15 07:43:26 GMT)
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otschep (отщеп).
Note from asker:
| Thank you for the response Vladimir. In this case, plastic art does seem to fit perfectly, given that the topic is about Palaeolithic art and mentions several instances of female figurines (Venus figurines) which do represent examples of plastic art in accordance with the Wikipedia definition of the term. |
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Ibrahimus
: извините, Владимир, но "мелкая пластика" - это вид скульптуры
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но НЕ в палеолите же, пардон-с.
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