VISUAL ARTS Flashcards

(78 cards)

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l’esthétique

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aesthetics

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les beaux-arts, les arts plastiques

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the fine arts

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l’artisanat d’art

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arts and craft

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une oeuvre d’art

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a work of art = an artwork

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un marchand d’art

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an art dealer

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une vente aux enchères

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an auction

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une salle des ventes

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an auction house

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la vraisemblance

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verisimilitude

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sans talent

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talentless

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un dessinateur

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a draughtsman

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une dessinatrice

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a draughtswoman

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un dessinateur humoristique

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a cartoonist

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un modèle

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a sitter

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une séance de pose

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a sitting

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une planche à dessin

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a drawing-board

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le vélin

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vellum

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une feuille

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a sheet

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un coupe de crayon

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a pencil stroke

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une plume

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a nib

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l’encre de Chine

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drawing ink = China ink

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le fusain

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charcoal

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la craie grasse

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crayon

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un pochoir

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a stencil

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une esquisse, un croquis

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a sketch

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un carnet de croquis
a sketchbook
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un dessin (à main levé)
a (free-hand) drawing
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un crayonné
a rough
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les contours
the outline
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poser
to pose, to sit
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estomper
to shade off
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une gravure
an engraving
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la gravure sur bois, une gravure sur bois
woodcutting, a woodcut
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l'eau-forte, une eau-forte
etching, an etching
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une estampe
a print
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un graveur
an engraver
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le relief
relief
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graver à l'eau-forte
to etch
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un chevalet
en easel
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une toile
a canvas
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un cadre, un encadrement
a frame
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gouache
gouache
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l'aquarelle, une aquarelle
watercolour, a watercolour
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la lavis, un lavis
wash tint, a wash
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une peinture à l'huile
an oil painting
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la térébenthine
turpentine
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une palette
a palette
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un coup de pinceau
a brushstroke
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une peinture murale
a mural
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une fresque
a fresco (pl.frescoes)
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un camaieu
a monochrome (painting)
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un trompe-l'oeil
a trompe l'oeil
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une croûte
a daub
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atténuer
to tone down
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vernir
to varnish
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la sculpture du/ sur bois
wood-carving
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un ciseau de sculpteur
a chisel
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un maillet
a mallet
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le marbre
marbel
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l'argile
clay
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la terre cuite
terracotta
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la cire
wax
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ivoire
ivory
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un bronze
a bronze
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un moulage
a cast(ing)
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une moule, une moulure
a mold, a molding
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un gisant
a recumbent statue
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une gargouille
a gargoyle
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une guirlande
a garland
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le stuc
stucco
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un bas-relief
a bas-relief = a low relief
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un haut-relief
a high relief
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un piédestal
a pedestal
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graver, sculpter
to carve
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élever, ériger
to erect = to set up
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polir
to polish
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fondre, couler
to cast
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modeler, façonner
to model, to fashion, to shape
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ciseler
to chisel