Monday, September 22, 2008

Key Word "OBRAZ" (образ)

1. Appearance, shape, exterior; aspect; character
2. Live, evident representation about someone or about something. That sees, dreamt, seems in imagination. A copy, a mould, a print in consciousness of the phenomena of the objective validity.
3. The generalised art perception of the validity given the shape of the concrete individual phenomenon. Character, the type created by the artist, the writer, the actor. Art reflexion of ideas and feelings in a sound, a word, paints, etc. the Evident image of any phenomenon through another, more concrete; comparison, likening.


The most equal word in english language is:
Image
1) a representation or likeness of a person or thing, especially in sculpture
2) an optically formed reproduction of an object, such as one formed by a lens or mirror
3) a person or thing that resembles another closely; double or copy
4) a mental representation or picture; idea produced by the imagination
5) the personality presented to the public by a person, organization, etc.
(Collins Dictionary)

1) a picture or statue of somene or something
2) a picture seen on a television or computer screen, through a lens, or reflected in a mirror
3)a picture in the mind
4)a word or phrase describing something in an imaginative way; a simile or metaphor
(Oxford English Dictionary)

This notion correlates also with such english words as:


Conception

1) something conceived; notion, idea, design, or plan
2) the description under which someone considers something her conception of freedom is wrong
3) the fertilization of an ovum by a sperm in the Fallopian tube followed by implantation in the womb

4) origin or beginning from its conception the plan was a failure

5) the act or power of forming notions; invention

Character
1) the combination of traits and qualities distinguishing the individual nature of a person or thing 2) one such distinguishing quality; characteristic

3) moral force; integrity

4) capacity, position, or status he spoke in the character of a friend rather than a father

5) a person represented in a play, film, story, etc.; role

Icon
The picturesque image - usually on a board - Jesus Christ, the Mother of god, sacred, scenes from the Scriptus, etc.

Manner
a way of doing or being

Type
the general form, plan, or design distinguishing a particular group

Pattern
1) an arrangement of repeated or corresponding parts, decorative motifs, etc
2) a plan or diagram used as a guide in making something
3) a standard way of moving, acting, etc
4) a decorative design; style



Mode
1) a manner or way of doing, acting, or existing
2) the current fashion or style.


Sources: Collins Dictionary, Oxford English Dictionary

2 comments:

Adam Alston said...

Adam - Group 1, Warwick

I wonder where the English word 'doppelganger' fits in to your keyword, 'Obraz'...

Olga CHE // ArT and IcE said...

Hmm... It`s actually somethong new. Could you explain it, cause I didn`t found the translation for it.