cách điệu
Definition
Verb:
- To stylize: To represent or design something in a non-realistic, decorative, or simplified manner, emphasizing artistic form over realistic detail.
- To conventionalize: To adapt an artistic motif or natural form into a standardized, often repeated, decorative pattern.
Noun:
- Stylization: The technique or result of making something conform to a particular decorative style, often by simplifying or exaggerating its features.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Họa sĩ cách điệu hình ảnh con rồng. (The artist stylized the image of the dragon.)
- Hoa văn này được cách điệu từ lá cây. (This pattern is stylized from tree leaves.)
- Noun:
- Sự cách điệu trong thiết kế thời trang rất rõ nét. (The stylization in the fashion design is very distinct.)
Advanced Usage
- "cách điệu hóa": (verb) to stylize, to conventionalize. This is a more formal variant of the verb.
- Anh ấy cách điệu hóa chữ ký thành một logo. (He stylized his signature into a logo.)
Variants and Related Words
- Phong cách hóa (v): to style, to give a particular style to something. This focuses more on imparting a general style rather than specific decorative simplification.
Synonyms
- Stylize: To design in a particular, often decorative, style.
- Conventionalize: To make something follow a conventional pattern.
- Abstract: To simplify or distort forms, though this often implies a greater departure from reality.
Related Concepts
- Họa tiết cách điệu (n): A stylized motif or pattern.
- Áo dài có họa tiết cách điệu hình chim phượng. (The áo dài has a stylized phoenix motif.)
- Nghệ thuật cách điệu (n): Stylized art; art that uses simplification and decorative forms.