Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
museographie / museographes / scénographes
English translation:
museography, museographer, scenic artist
Added to glossary by
Huw Watkins
Mar 31, 2005 14:30
19 yrs ago
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French term
museographie / museographes / scénographes
Homework / test
French to English
Tech/Engineering
Architecture
Open competition for renovation of a mesuem
Cette équipe peut être complétée par l'intervention d'autres membres tels que plasticiens, muséographes, scénographes,etc.
le programme encourage une expression architecturale et plastique résolument contemporaine et la création d'une muséographie innovante
le programme encourage une expression architecturale et plastique résolument contemporaine et la création d'une muséographie innovante
Proposed translations
(English)
4 +3 | museography, museographer, scenic artist | TesCor - |
3 +1 | See comment below... [not for grading) | Tony M |
Proposed translations
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museography, museographer, scenic artist
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Peer comment(s):
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Gina W
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neutral |
Tony M
: I'm not so sure, please refer to my own answer for comment....
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agree |
Christine Carleton
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agree |
hodierne
: scenic designers
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "I couldn't get really cheeky a try scenographer/y could I? :)) Thanks for all your feed back. I agree with Teresa's answer."
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19 mins
See comment below... [not for grading)
Well, the literal translation is certainly tempting, but as I always get a bit stuck witht his one myself, I got curious and checked with OED. Surprise, surprise, look what I found:
museography
The systematic description of the contents of museums. Also = museology
Now I think we'd all agree that here we are not talking about 'systematic description' so much as 'good presentation':
museology
The science or practice of organizing and managing museums.
Now it seems to me that, although the -ography version CAN also mean this, it would be much better to use the unambiguous -ology term --- and moreover, at least that way it doesn't look like one is being lazy!
As for 'scénographe', I tend to think of 'scenic artist' more in terms of someone who paints backcloths for a theatre [artist = painter], whereas here I see it as being something quite specific; more of a 'window-dressing' kind of rôle, wouldn't you say? I'd like to suggest perhaps 'display artist' as an alternative?
museography
The systematic description of the contents of museums. Also = museology
Now I think we'd all agree that here we are not talking about 'systematic description' so much as 'good presentation':
museology
The science or practice of organizing and managing museums.
Now it seems to me that, although the -ography version CAN also mean this, it would be much better to use the unambiguous -ology term --- and moreover, at least that way it doesn't look like one is being lazy!
As for 'scénographe', I tend to think of 'scenic artist' more in terms of someone who paints backcloths for a theatre [artist = painter], whereas here I see it as being something quite specific; more of a 'window-dressing' kind of rôle, wouldn't you say? I'd like to suggest perhaps 'display artist' as an alternative?
Peer comment(s):
agree |
Dylan Edwards
: "Museography" is used, rarely, in the sense of (roughly) museum cataloguing, and most of the time means the same as "museology" (OED), i.e. organising, arranging, management of museums.
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Thanks, Dylan!
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