English translation of "petites perspectives architecturées du genre" - "with four small architectural views executed by someone like Guardi or Pannini"

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3 months ago

Barbara R. Cochran, MFA asked this question:

Language pair:	French > English
Subject:	General
Level of diffculty:	Easy / medium
Word or term in question:	petites perspectives architecturées du genre
Context:	Une grande composition du XVIIIe siècle français, pour laquelle les noms d’Hubert Robert et de Boucher furent prononcés, selon que l’on considérait le paysage ou les ﬁgures, fut envoyée au musée par deux marchands parisiens avec quatre petites perspectives architecturées du genre Guardi ou Pannini.

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3 months ago

Ffion Marianne Moyle wrote:

Small architectured perspectives of its type

My comment:

simple as that surely

3 months ago

CMD wrote:

small architectural perspectives à la Guardi or Pannini

My comment:

cf Webster : "a la" OR "à la" = in the manner of

3 months ago

martynback wrote:

with four small architectural views executed by someone like Guardi or Pannini

My comment:

I think it's "someone like" rather than "in the style of" here: the writer means the paintings could have been by these artists or someone similar.
I'd say "executed" because we don't know if they were paintings or drawings.

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3 months ago

martynback wrote:

"du genre" = "someone like" (so: EITHER them, OR someone similar) "dans le genre de" = in the style of, à la (so: NOT them, BUT someone similar).

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