Bonjour,
Could anyone offer suggestions for a translation of "faire valoir" in the following? It is from an essay on avant-garde art of the 1930s.
"..les défenseurs de l'autonomie formelle cherchent à justifier leur art en s'appuyant sur [...] les lois mathématiques considérées soit comme le principe d'harmonie universelle depuis les grecs, soit comme un faire valoir progressiste."
So mathematical laws were seen as either the principle of universal harmony dating back to Classical Greece, or as evidence of progressive attitudes? I don't think "evidence" is quite the right word, though.
Dans l'attente de vos réponses,
merci!
Could anyone offer suggestions for a translation of "faire valoir" in the following? It is from an essay on avant-garde art of the 1930s.
"..les défenseurs de l'autonomie formelle cherchent à justifier leur art en s'appuyant sur [...] les lois mathématiques considérées soit comme le principe d'harmonie universelle depuis les grecs, soit comme un faire valoir progressiste."
So mathematical laws were seen as either the principle of universal harmony dating back to Classical Greece, or as evidence of progressive attitudes? I don't think "evidence" is quite the right word, though.
Dans l'attente de vos réponses,
merci!
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