Unit 3- Methods of Translating – Week 1

Progress of experimentation with methods of translating – Madame X – Painting by John Singer Sargent

Inspiration – Method 1 Translation through modern portaiteur

Inspiration 2 – Women deemed ‘overly sexual’ and scandalized in the press – as represented through vintage fashion plate illustration style

Inspiration 3 – Play of words creating form – using verbiage from the press, historical descriptions, and a translation of how it may be represented now