Jan 18, 2013 19:35
11 yrs ago
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Spanish term

astucia

Spanish to English Art/Literary Folklore
From a text about kitsch in Cuban culture:

“¡Estetice Vd. mismo su banalidad!”: pareció ser la consigna preferida de entonces. “Big Show”: Elefantes de caolín, lotos de papel crepé, indios Siouxs pastoreando flamingos, adolescentes hawayanos aherrojados por el Max Factor de Rita Hayworth, lotos chinos entre los cisnes de Viena, cortinajes brocados, Laura y su “Zoológico de Cristal”, nieve de poliéster y uvas de cera, la rutilancia del “Shangai”, las ninfas nacaradas de astucia rococó,

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Proposed translations (English)
3 +2 artifice
4 knack

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artifice

Rococo artifice appears in discussions of rococo art quite often. See examples below:



Example sentence:

Celati seeks to tell it like it is, without baroque flourish or rococo artifice.

Six years earlier the fascination for rococo artifice

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knack

rococo style knack
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Astucia rococó

arte rococo

amb. Manifestación de la actividad humana mediante la cual se expresa una visión personal y desinteresada que interpreta lo real o imaginado con recursos plásticos, lingüísticos o sonoros.
amb. Maña, astucia.
amb. Disposición personal de alguien. Buen, mal arte
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