Art Vocab Flashcards by Katherine Horton

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architect

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architecte

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artist

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aritiste

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playwright

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dramaturge

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writer

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écrivain

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musician

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musicien(ne)

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landscape painter

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paysagiste

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painter

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peintre

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photographer

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photographe

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poet

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poète

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sculpter

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sculpteur / sculptrice

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photo camera

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l’appareil photo

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studio

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un atelier

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frame

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un cadre

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song

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une chanson

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masterpiece

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un chef-d’œuvre

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drawing

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le dessin

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creative writing

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l’écriture créative

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work of art

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l’œuvre d’art

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photograph

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la photo

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paintbrush

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le pinceau

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sculpture

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la sculpture

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painting

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le tableau

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tapestry

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une tapisserie

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canvas

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la toile

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ballet

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le ballet

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comedy

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une comédie

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opera

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l’opéra

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play

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une pièce de théâtre

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tragedy

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une tragédie

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baroque

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baroque

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classical

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classique

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cubist

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cubiste

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existentialist

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existentialiste

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gothic

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gothique

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impressionist

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impressionniste

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realist

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réaliste

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romatic

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romantique

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sublime

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sublime

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surrealist

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surréaliste

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background

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l’arrière-plan

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creativity

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la créativité

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taste

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le goût

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light/lighting

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la lumiere

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shadow

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l’ombre

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perspective

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la perspective

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foreground

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le premier plan

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to sing

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chanter

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to create

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créer

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to danse

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danser

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to draw

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dessiner

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to write

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écrire

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take a photo

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faire une photo

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to act

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jouer un rôle

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to paint

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peindre

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to photograph

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photographier

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to take a photograph

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prendre un photo

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to sculpt

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sculpter

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flying buttress

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un arc-boutant

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gargoyle

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une gargouille

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stained-glass window

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un vitrail

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vault

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une voûte

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watercolor

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l’aquarelle

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easel

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un chevalet

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half-light

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le clair-obscure

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sketch

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une esquisse

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shaded/blurred

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estompé

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engraving

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une gravure

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palette

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la palette`

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oil painting

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la peinture a l’huile

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texture

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la texture

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backdrop (theatre)

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une toile de fond

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optical illusion

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le trompe l’œil

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enlargement

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un agrandissement

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digital camera

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un appareil numérique

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slide

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un diapositive

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lens

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une lentille

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print

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le tirage

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clay

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l’argile

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marble

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le marbre

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modeling

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le modelage

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gift (in terms of talent)

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un don

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gifted

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doué

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to show

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manifester