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cerchia

English translation: circle

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Italian term or phrase: cerchia
English translation:circle
Entered by: Gad Kohenov

19:45 Oct 22, 2010
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting / presentation letter of an art historian
Italian term or phrase: cerchia
hi, This is a presentation letter for a scholar applying for a bursary award. Could it mean sphere of influence? thanks in advance for any suggestions.
Ho seguito il lavoro del dr. Francucci quando era borsista della Fondazione di Studi di Storia dell’Arte Roberto Longhi per l’anno  accademico 2006-2007. Nell’occasione ha svolto con ottimi risultati una ricerca sul pittore abruzzese (ma attivo a Roma nella cerchia di Mola) Giovanni Battista Boncori, che è stata parzialmente pubblicata sulla rivista “Proporzioni” edita dalla Fondazione.

During this time he carried out with excellent results some research on the Abruzzese painter (but who was active in Rome in Mola's sphere of influence) Giovanni Battista Boncori
stephanie Foulkes
Local time: 07:07
circle (group?)
Explanation:
Suggestion.

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Note added at 11 mins (2010-10-22 19:56:51 GMT)
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http://www.heffel.com/Online/Lots_E.aspx?Search=3&ID=5563&Pa...

CIRCLE OF PIER FRANCESCO MOLA
(name of a picture)

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Note added at 35 mins (2010-10-22 20:20:47 GMT)
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I was wondering if cirle of mola are the people around Mola. What is that picture about? just by chance it is called Circle and by chance it is by P.F. Mola?

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Note added at 35 mins (2010-10-22 20:21:23 GMT)
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Circle not Circle ** Typo!

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Note added at 50 mins (2010-10-22 20:36:17 GMT)
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Clan is good for the Highlands as Phil. insinuates :)
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Gad Kohenov
Israel
Local time: 08:07
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Summary of answers provided
3 +6circle (group?)
Gad Kohenov
4 -1clan
Daniel Frisano
3entourage
cynthiatesser
Summary of reference entries provided
School
jacki-dart

Discussion entries: 1





  

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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
clan


Explanation:
group of people gravitating around Mola

Daniel Frisano
Italy
Local time: 07:07
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  philgoddard: This is the wrong word - it means people linked by actual or perceived kinship.
33 mins
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +6
circle (group?)


Explanation:
Suggestion.

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Note added at 11 mins (2010-10-22 19:56:51 GMT)
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http://www.heffel.com/Online/Lots_E.aspx?Search=3&ID=5563&Pa...

CIRCLE OF PIER FRANCESCO MOLA
(name of a picture)

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Note added at 35 mins (2010-10-22 20:20:47 GMT)
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I was wondering if cirle of mola are the people around Mola. What is that picture about? just by chance it is called Circle and by chance it is by P.F. Mola?

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Note added at 35 mins (2010-10-22 20:21:23 GMT)
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Circle not Circle ** Typo!

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Note added at 50 mins (2010-10-22 20:36:17 GMT)
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Clan is good for the Highlands as Phil. insinuates :)

Gad Kohenov
Israel
Local time: 08:07
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in HebrewHebrew
PRO pts in category: 12
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Laura Cattaneo
10 mins
  -> Thanks. I wonder about the connection if any between the expression and the picture in the link.
agree  philgoddard: You're right, but for the wrong reasons. "The circle of" means "the artists associated with".
38 mins
  -> No Phil. I gave the answer thinking of your kind of answer. Later I added that link and said: strange that this guy about whose circle of colleague artists we are talking about drew a painting called "Circle".
neutral  Michael McCann: Normally in art, one refers to the "School of ..." implying a copying of style, etc. whether or not the actual painter had meet the master.
1 hr
  -> Dutch School would be good or the School of Cortona. But here we don't have that
agree  Ernestine Shargool: Yes: Circle. (Totally confused by all the subsequent notes!)//Isn't the painting called: "The Martyrdom of St. Peter of Verona" BY artist/s in the circle of Pier Francesco Mola?
1 hr
  -> Thanks! My link mentions a painting called "Circle" (coincidence).
agree  Magda P.: I prefer school but there is also "clique" - see "impressionists clique"
13 hrs
  -> clique sounds pejorative to me. Nothing seems pejorative in our text. Thanks for the vote of confidence!
agree  Mr Murray (X)
13 hrs
  -> Mille grazie!
agree  S E (X): "Circle" is right -- "school" would mean something different. "In the circle" of implies "influenced by" whereas "in the school of" implies "followers of". (One can be in influenced by an artist without being a follower of that artist.)
19 hrs
  -> That makes it clear! Thanks a lot!
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11 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
entourage


Explanation:
a touch of French class :-)

cynthiatesser
Italy
Local time: 07:07
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Italian
PRO pts in category: 12
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Reference comments


5 hrs
Reference: School

Reference information:
For infomarex - post the answer you suggested
this Mola exhibition seems to confirm it: Gli allievi di Pierfrancesco Mola: Sono presenti anche varie opere di ambito moliano o di allievi del pittore, che dimostrano la sua fama in vita e dopo la scomparsa. Tutti dipinti inediti o mai esposti al pubblico.
Tra le nuove acquisizione critiche nell'ambito della scuola del Mola, l'Elia con l’angelo di Giovan Battista Boncori,


    Reference: http://www.palazzochigiariccia.it
jacki-dart
Italy
Native speaker of: English
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