Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

iluminada a mano

English translation:

illuminated by hand

Added to glossary by Edward Tully
Jul 10, 2008 21:07
15 yrs ago
Spanish term

iluminada a mano

Spanish to English Art/Literary Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting art
Hola: necesito saber como se traduce esta técnica que se utiliza para hacer Grabados.
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Jul 24, 2008 18:08: Edward Tully Created KOG entry

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illuminated by hand

William Blake and the Illuminated Book - [ Traducir esta página ]Blake, an engraver by trade and prophet by vocation, believed that the Printed ... In the latter case, the print would then be illuminated by hand using ...
elab.eserver.org/hfl0234.html - 7k - En caché - Páginas similares

Asian maps - [ Traducir esta página ]Pair of large engraved maps with original hand colouring of boundaries. .... Illuminated by hand coloured vignettes of Post Office London, Gibraltar, Malta, ...
www.southernprints.co.uk/asian_maps.htm - 113k - En caché - Páginas similares

JSTOR: An Increase in Facsimile Reprints - [ Traducir esta página ]Illuminated by hand. One leaf, bearing an editorial description, on paper. .... Others, however, (also rightly) state that a hand-coloured engraved map is ...
links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0308-5694(1964)18%3C87%3AAIIFR%3E2.0.CO%3B2-P - Páginas similares

History of Illustrated Books - [ Traducir esta página ]Early type-printed books were illuminated by hand and simulated hand-done .... first third of the 19th century, when wood engraving in books boomed (35). ...

Peer comment(s):

agree Donald Scott Alexander
5 mins
thank you Scott! ;-)
agree Lisa McCarthy : or hand illumination if it refers to the technique
1 hr
thank you! ;-)
agree Kate Major Patience : Yes. :)
1 hr
thank you! ;-)
agree Robert Mota
1 hr
thank you! ;-)
agree Sandra Rodriguez
3 hrs
thank you! ;-)
agree Anne Smith Campbell
6 hrs
thank you! ;-)
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
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Hand-colored

See explanation, examples and links below:

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"Illuminated by HAND.COLOURED VIGNETTES..."

"large engraved maps with original HAND.COLOURING..."

"...(also rightly) state that a HAND-COLOURED engraved map is..."


links.jstor.org/sici?...etc.

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ngravings in the Books..."

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"Over 208 years old, these rare hand colored engravings by Bertuch..."

"Magnificent French Handcolored Engravings ..."

www.intaglio-fine-art.com/categories.php
Peer comment(s):

agree Gregory Vigo : "illuminated" is only for antique books. "intaglio" is a class of printmaking including etching, not necesarily the piece itself. "hand colored etchings" or "hand colored intaglio prints"
10 hrs
Thanks,Gregory-I also believe Mililin is looking for a more contemporary expression and it sounds like you've done some reference work/experience on the subject.
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hand-painted intaglio

http://server442.server-center.net/suspended.page/?set_album...
Description : Hand-painted intaglio print in an edition of 23. 1993

http://www.etsy.com/error.php?error_id=8&user_id=Vintage
West German Glass Hand Painted Intaglio Square Floral Pendant. Vintage West German Glass Hand Painted Intaglio Square Floral Pendant ...

http://www.foothillscraftguild.org/2006exhibitors.pdf
Hand-painted Intaglio Prints. 136 Betty Newman

http://www.lib.washington.edu/SpecialColl/exhibits/current.h...
We are shown crudely colored woodcuts and detailed hand painted intaglio illustrations.

http://www.laurelleantiquejewellery.co.uk/store/cart.php?tar...
This is a genuine, CIRCA 1900, Victorian, hand painted intaglio reversed carving to give a


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Antiquarian jargon?
Peer comment(s):

agree Bubo Coroman (X) : "illuminated" in English is used mainly for texts such as Bibles, not pictures (if the term refers to a picture) http://images.google.es/images?hl=es&q="illuminated by hand"...
4 hrs
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