Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
pavimento bícromo
English translation:
floor (decorated) with a bichrome (opus sectile design)
Added to glossary by
Tania Pires
Nov 16, 2016 09:18
7 yrs ago
Portuguese term
pavimento bícromo
Portuguese to English
Art/Literary
History
Roman Villae
'O melhor exemplo no território português da utilização deste recurso em meio rural encontra-se no bem conhecido caso do ninfeu da villa de XXX, onde a combinação da água, do pavimento bícromo em opus sectile e do repertório escultórico decerto criava uma atmosfera impressionante.'
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Proposed translations
(English)
4 | floor (decorated) with a bichrome (opus sectile design) | Muriel Vasconcellos |
4 +2 | Opus sectile floor | Margarida Ataide |
5 | bi-coloured opus sectile floor | Nick Taylor |
Proposed translations
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floor (decorated) with a bichrome (opus sectile design)
'Bichrome' is the key. The term is used by archeologists and preservationists. The pieces are typically larger than you see in a mosaic.
(How do I know? My husband was a historic preservationist.)
https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0393730379
Paloma Pajares-Ayuela - 2001 - Architecture
The shift from opus tessellatum to opus sectile in the isotropic geometric ... of the **"bichrome mosaic"** {opus tessellatum in two counterchanged colors) and, in the ...
https://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/objecttype/Tile...
Records 1 - 20 of 54 - ... **Late Medieval-post medieval bichrome, glazed ceramic floor** tile AD ... The decorated surface of the tile depicts a floral central design, ...
https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0892361816
The Getty Conservation Institute - 1991 - Art
**design, floor band, bichrome design**, wainscot, colored wash, dado, de facto plaster, undecorated plaster, and absence of plaster [21]. The condition of the ...
https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0521002303
Katherine M. D. Dunbabin - 1999 - Art
Polychrome designs frequently use illusionistic three-dimensional motifs, some ... floors, creating the effect of a ceiling design reflected on the floor.9 Excellent ... **Black-and-white (bichrome) ornamental mosaics** also developed in the last ...
https://books.google.com/books?isbn=9774246748
Zahi A. Hawass, Lyla Pinch Brock - 2003 - History
**As there is another, earlier mosaic floor below our mosaic, this would indicate that ... Another example of similar design is provided by a second century CE floor ... On the other hand, our piece fits very well into the bichrome, mostly black and ...**
(How do I know? My husband was a historic preservationist.)
https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0393730379
Paloma Pajares-Ayuela - 2001 - Architecture
The shift from opus tessellatum to opus sectile in the isotropic geometric ... of the **"bichrome mosaic"** {opus tessellatum in two counterchanged colors) and, in the ...
https://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/objecttype/Tile...
Records 1 - 20 of 54 - ... **Late Medieval-post medieval bichrome, glazed ceramic floor** tile AD ... The decorated surface of the tile depicts a floral central design, ...
https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0892361816
The Getty Conservation Institute - 1991 - Art
**design, floor band, bichrome design**, wainscot, colored wash, dado, de facto plaster, undecorated plaster, and absence of plaster [21]. The condition of the ...
https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0521002303
Katherine M. D. Dunbabin - 1999 - Art
Polychrome designs frequently use illusionistic three-dimensional motifs, some ... floors, creating the effect of a ceiling design reflected on the floor.9 Excellent ... **Black-and-white (bichrome) ornamental mosaics** also developed in the last ...
https://books.google.com/books?isbn=9774246748
Zahi A. Hawass, Lyla Pinch Brock - 2003 - History
**As there is another, earlier mosaic floor below our mosaic, this would indicate that ... Another example of similar design is provided by a second century CE floor ... On the other hand, our piece fits very well into the bichrome, mostly black and ...**
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
+2
8 mins
Opus sectile floor
Sugestão
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Note added at 20 minutos (2016-11-16 09:38:50 GMT)
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Two-color «opus sectile» floor
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Note added at 20 minutos (2016-11-16 09:38:50 GMT)
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Two-color «opus sectile» floor
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Note from asker:
e o "bícromo"? |
Obrigada! |
Peer comment(s):
agree |
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
2 mins
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Thank you, Teresa!
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agree |
Mario Freitas
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10 hrs
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Thank you, Mario!
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11 hrs
bi-coloured opus sectile floor
bi-coloured opus sectile floor OR opus sectile follor carried in two colours
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