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1
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L’esthétique

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Aesthetics

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Les beaux arts, arts plastique

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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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Le talent

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Talent, skill

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Une oeuvre d’art, 2

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An artwork,
a work of art

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Réaliste

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Realistic

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Un chef-d’oeuvre

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A masterpiece

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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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Le réalisme

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Realism

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La vraisemblance

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Verisimilitude

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Talentueux ≠ sans talent

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Talented ≠ talentless

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Un dessinateur / une dessinatrice

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A draughtsman/ 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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Le vélin

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Vellum

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Un coup de crayon

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A pencil stroke

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L’encre de Chine, 2

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China ink
drawing ink

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Estomper

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To shade off

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Poser

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To pose /sit

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Les contours

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The outline

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Un crayonné

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A rough

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Un dessin à main levée

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A (free-hand) writing

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Un carnet a croquis

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A sketchbook

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Une esquisse, un croquis

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A sketch

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Un pochoir

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A stencil

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La craie grasse

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A crayon

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Le fusain

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Charcoal

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Une gravure

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An engraving

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La gravure sur bois

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Woodcutting

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Une gravure sur bois

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A woodcut

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L’eau-forte

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Etching

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Une estampe

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A print

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Un graveur

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An engraver

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Graver

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To engrave

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Le relief

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Relief

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Graver a l’eau forte

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To etch

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Un (artiste) peintre

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A painter

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Un chevalet

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An easel

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Une toile

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A canvas

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Un cadre / encadrement

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A frame

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Gouache

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Gouache

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(une) aquarelle

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A watercolour

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Le lavis

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Wash tint, a wash

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Une peinture a l’huile

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An oil painting

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La térébenthine

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Turpentine

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Une palette

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A palette

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Un pinceau, une brosse

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A brush

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Un coup de pinceau

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A brushstroke

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Une nuance

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A shade

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Une peinture murale

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A mural

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Une fresque

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A fresco(es)

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Vernir

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To varnish

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Un camaïeu

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A monochrome (painting)

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Un trompe-l’oeil

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A trompe l’oeil

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Une croûte

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A daub

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Atténuer

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To town down

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Sculpture sur bois

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Wood-carving

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Un ciseau de sculpteur

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A chisel

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Un maillet

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A mallet

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Le marbre

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Marble

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L’argile

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Clay

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La terre cuite

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Terracotta

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La cire

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Wax

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Ivoire

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Ivory

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Bronze

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A bronze

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Sculpter

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To sculpt

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Graver, sculpter

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To carve

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Élever, ériger

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To erect, to set up

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Polir

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Polish

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Un moulage

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A cast(ing)

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Un moule, une moulure

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A mould(ing)

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Un gisant

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A recumbent statue

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Une gargouille

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A gargoyle

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Une guirlande

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A garland

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Le stuc

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A stucco

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Un bas-relief / un haut-relief

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A low relief
A high relief

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Un piédestal

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A pedestal

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Mouler

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To mould

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Fondre, couler

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To cast

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Modeler, façonner (3 options)

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To model / fashion / shape

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Ciseler

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To chisel

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Le décor au pochoir

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Stencilled ornamentation

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La sanguine

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Red chalk drawing

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Parchemin

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Parchment

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Il barbouille des toiles de peinture

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He daubs canvases with paint

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Un atelier

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A studio

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Froid comme le marbre

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As cold as marble

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Mettre quelqu’un sur un piédestal

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To put somebody on a pedestal

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Un géant aux pieds d’argile

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A giant feet of clay

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Sortir du même moule

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To be cast in the same mould

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C’est ennuyeux comme un jour de pluie

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It’s like watching paint dry

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L’art pour l’art

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Art for art’s sake

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Il a décrit la situation à grands traits

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He described the situation with brood strokes

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