Glossary entry

Russian term or phrase:

эталонный список

English translation:

standard list

Added to glossary by Pavel Altukhov
Jul 8, 2013 13:50
10 yrs ago
Russian term

эталонный список

Russian to English Art/Literary Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting Dimensions
In a paragraph about a painting: the dimensions of the picture are given, and then slightly different dimensions are given in brackets, accompanied by the phrase ' в эталонном списке'. References for this on the Internet generally refer to matters in the socio-political field, and seem to mean a 'typing' of certain categories.

In my context it looks more like a list of standard sizes (i.e. dimensions are given to the nearest standard size), but as the actual dimensions are 50 x 50, and dimensions 'в эталонном списке' are 53 x 50, this seems odd.

Can anyone throw any light on this?
Thank you in advance for any ideas.
Change log

Jul 14, 2013 04:48: Pavel Altukhov Created KOG entry

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standard list

I think it's about authenticity of provenance. I assume that for this particular artist the typical size of such paintings was 53x50, i.e. slightly different from the painting in question. Certain works are selected as 'standard' (эталон) for the artist, and all doubtful paintings are compared with this standard
Peer comment(s):

agree cyhul
9 hrs
agree Alexander Grabowski
13 hrs
agree alex suhoy
19 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thank you for your answer, and also for a useful link, as I do a lot of art translation."
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