оранжерейный

[savageanomaly.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure how to translate оранжерейный here:

Произошло это оттого, что машина окончательно убрала художника-ремесленника из технического процесса обработки материалов ... Раз мануфактура стала оранжерейной, раз никакая сила не толкала ее к техническому совершенствованию...

All I could find were references to hothouses and this

перен. разг.

Огражденный от трудностей; изнеженный (об условиях жизни, воспитании).

Would it mean something like "decorative"? Not sure.

Thanks.

Comments

[nic102.livejournal.com]

Protected from competition? Dunno.

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Could also have an element of artificiality as opposed to something that is growing/developing naturally.

So, 'protected, artificial, without a spark, bland, unexciting'? Need more context.

[savageanomaly.livejournal.com]

His whole argument is about historical separation of artistic production from technological production and separation of artists from the technological developments.

From options offered, protected seems to fit the best.

It seems a very strange word.

[la-dy-ashley.livejournal.com]

His whole argument is about historical separation of artistic production from technological production and separation of artists from the technological developments.

Now that you say this, it might mean that at a certain point мануфактура came to be associated with artists, i.e. the whatever was produced there had no industrial value. Instead, it switched to purely decorative items, something similar to growing exotic flowers in a conservatory (i.e. оранжерея) as opposed to useful plants (like vegetables etc).

Can't say for sure without a bigger context passage though.

[savageanomaly.livejournal.com]

Do you think "sheltered" might be more suitable? Thanks.

[nic102.livejournal.com]

I was just writing exactly that, but my computer is slow and stupid, kicked me out. )))

Yes, sheltered is a better English equivalent.

[mithrilian.livejournal.com]

Darn it, that's the word, sheltered! It was on a tip of my tongue for all this time, but I couldn't quite remember it.