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Groupe 29 : Les arts Flashcards

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1
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L’art

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Art

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Un artiste

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An artist

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Artistique

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Artistic

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L’art/ le talent artistique / l’art créatif

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Artistry

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Les beaux-arts

/ les arts plastiques

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The fine art(s)

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Le talent / le savoir-faire

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Skill

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Compétent

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Skilled

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Doué

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Skillful

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Le talent

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Talent

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Un talent

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A talent

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Talentueux

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Talented

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Sans talent

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Talentless

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Un don

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A gift

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Doué

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Gifted

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Le style

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Style

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Un style

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A style

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Une oeuvre

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A work

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Un chef-d’oeuvre

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A masterpiece

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Un mécène

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A patron of the arts

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Le mécénat

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Patronage

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Une exposition

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An exhibition

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Un musée

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A museum

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Un conservateur/ trice (de musée)

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A curator

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Une galerie d’art

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A gallery

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Un galériste

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A gallery owner

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Une collection / une galerie (dans un musée)

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A collection

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(Peinture:) un vernissage

(Cinéma:) un avant-première

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A preview

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Esthétique

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Aesthetic

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L’esthétique

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Aesthetics (+Ving)

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L’art abstrait

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Abstract art

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L’art moderne

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Modern art

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L’art représentatif

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Representational art

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Une oeuvre d’art (2)

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A work of art

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Un amateur d’art

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An art lover

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Un critique d’art

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An art critic

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Une école de beaux-arts

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An art school

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Faire preuve de génie

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To demonstrate

= to show genius

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Un coup de génie

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A stroke of genius

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Une étincelle de génie

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A spark of genius

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Avoir du style

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To. Have

To show style

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Une oeuvre DE jean Claude

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A work by jean Claude

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Dans le style de jean Claude

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In the manner of jean claude

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Monter une exposition

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To put on an exhibition

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L’art pour l’art

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Art for art’s sake

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C’est du génie pur et simple / une ouvre de génie

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This is pure genius

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Une œuvre de génie

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A work of genius

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C’est une artiste géniale

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She is an artist of genius

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Elle a le génie des affaires

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He has a genius for business

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Elle a un don pour faire sensation

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She has a genius for creating a sensation

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Dessiner

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To draw

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Un dessin

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A drawing

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Un planche à dessin

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A drawing board

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Un dessinateur

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A draughtsman/ woman

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Poser (pour)

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To pose (for) 
To sit (for)
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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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Un crayon

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A pencil

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Un coup de crayon

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A pencil stroke

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Le fusain

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Charcoal

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La craie

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Chalk

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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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Le papier

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Paper

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Le vélin

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Vellum

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Le parchemin

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Parchment

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Un rouleau

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A scroll

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Une feuille

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A sheet

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Une esquisse / un croquis

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A sketch

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Un carnet de croquis

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A sketchbook

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Peindre

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To paint

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La peinture (matériau)

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Paint

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Une palette

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A palette

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Un pinceau

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A brush

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Un coup de pinceau

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A brushstroke

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75
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L’/ une aquarelle

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(A) watercolour UK

(A) watercolor US

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La toile

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Canvas

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Une toile (à peindre)

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A canvas

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Recouvrir (DE peinture)

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To daub (WITH paint)

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79
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La peinture acrylique

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Acrylic paint

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80
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La térébenthine

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Turpentine

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81
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Un camaïeu

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A monochrome (painting)

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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 (pl: frescoes)

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Un trompe-l’œil

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A trompe l’œil

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Un dessin humoristique

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A cartoon

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Une caricature

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A caricature

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Le dessin à main levée

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Freehand drawing

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Un dessin à la plume

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A pen-and-ink drawing

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Un pastel

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A pastel drawing

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Dessiner bien/ mal

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To be a good / bad draughts(wo)man

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Une ébauche

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A sough sketch

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Un tube de peinture

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A tube of paint

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Une boite de couleurs

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A paintbox

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Une peinture à l’huile

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An oil painting

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Un tableau de genre

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A subject painting

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Estomper une couleur

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To shade off a color

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Primitif

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Primitive

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Baroque

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Baroque

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(Neo-)classique

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Neo-classical

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Impressionniste

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Impressionist

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Un symbol

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A symbol

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Une photo(graphie)

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A picture
= a snap
= a photo(graph)

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Un photographe

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A photographer

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Photographier quelqu’un . Qqch

= prendre une photo de quelqu’un/ de qqch

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To photograph sth/ sb

= to take a photo/ a picture of sb / sth

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Photographier

A

To shoot

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Une séance de prise de vue

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A shooting

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Une prise

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A shot

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Un instantané

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A snapshot

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  1. Un appareil photo

2. Une caméra

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A camera

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Un objectif

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A lens

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Un téléobjectif

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A zoom lens

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La pellicule

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Film

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  1. Une pellicule

2. Un film

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A film

114
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Un gros plan

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A close-up

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La mise au point

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The focus

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Mettre au point

A

To adjust

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Le temp de pose

A

The exposure (time)

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Le contre-jour

A

Blacklighting

= black light

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Une chambre noire

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A darkroom

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Une épreuve / un tirage

A

A print

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Une diapo(sitive)

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A slide

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Un projecteur de diapo

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A slide projector

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La photographie numérique

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Digital photography

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Développer une photographie

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To develop

= to process a photo(graph)

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Agrandir une photo

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To blow up a photo(graph)

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Encadrer une photographie

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To frame a photo(graphe)

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Faire un tirage d’une photographie

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To print a photo(graph)

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Un rouleau/ une bobine de pellicule

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A roll/ a reel

= a spool of film

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Faire un zoom avant

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To zoom in

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Faire un zoom arrière

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To zoom out

131
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Faire un zoom sur qqch

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To zoom in on sth

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(Dans un livre:) les crédits photo

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The credit line

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  1. Une image / une représentation
  2. Un tableau
  3. Une photographie
A

A picture

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Un trait/ une ligne

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A line

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Un contour

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An outline

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La perspective

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Perspective

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Abstrait

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Abstract

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Figuratif

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Figurative

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Un portrait

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A portrait

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Un autoportrait

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A self-portrait

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Représenter (dessin, peinture)

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To portray

142
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La représentation (dessin, peinture)

A

Portraiture

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Une représentation/ un portrait

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A portrayal

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Un portrait

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A likeness

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Un profil

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A profile

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Un nu

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A nude

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Un paysage

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A landscape

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Une marine

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A seascape

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Un portrait de groupe

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A conversation piece

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Une nature mortes (pl: des natures mortes)

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A still-life (pl: still-lifes)

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Le fond

A

The ground

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Le premier plan

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The foreground

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L’arrière-plan/ le fond

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The background

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Le plan intermédiaire / le second plan

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The middle ground

155
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Un cadre/ un chassis

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A frame

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Encadrer

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To frame

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On dirait l’innocence incarnée, mais ne vous y fiez pas !

A

He’s the very picture of innocence, but don’t trust him

158
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C’est un portrait représentant… peint par…

A

It’s a portrait of…. by…

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Ce portrait d’elle est très ressemblant

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This portrait is a true/ good likeness of her

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Se découper sur fond de….

A

To be silhouetted against….

161
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Se détacher sur un fond

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To stand out against a background

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Les effets d’ombre et de lumière

A

Light and shade effects

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Une impression (en relief)

A

An imprint

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Faire une impression (en relief)

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To imprint

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Le relief

A

Relief

166
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Graver

A

To engrave

167
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Une gravure

A

An engraving

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Sculpter

A

To sculpt

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Un sculpteur

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A sculptor

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Façonner / modeler qqch

A

To model sth
/ to fashion sth
/ to shape with

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La forme (en général)

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The form

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La forme (aspect/ contour)

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The shape

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Le bois

A

Wood

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L’acajou

A

Mahogany

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Graver,, sculpter

A

To carve

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La sculpture du/ sur bois

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Wood-carving

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Le marbre

A

Marble

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La terre cuit

A

Terracotta

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La cire

A

Wax

180
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Le bronze

A

Bronze

181
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Fondre/ couler qqch

A

To cast sth

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Un moulage

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A casting

183
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Un moule

A

A mould

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Mouler

A

To mould

185
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Une moulure

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A moulding

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Polir

A

To polish

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Une statue

A

A statue

188
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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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Un piédestal

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A pedestal

191
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Élever/ ériger

A

To erect

= to set up

192
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Sculpter la pierre

A

To sculpt IN stone

193
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Sculpter qqch DANS le marbre

A

To sculpt sth out of marble

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On ne peut rien modifier

A

It’s all carved in marble (fig)

195
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Ce n’est pas un engagement pour la vie!

A

It’s not carved in marble!

196
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Froid comme le marbre

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As cold as marble

197
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Mettre quelqu’un sur un piédestal

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To put sb on a pedestal

198
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Faire tomber quelqu’un de son piédestal

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To knock sb off their pedestal

199
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Un architect

A

An architect

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Un plan

A

A plan

= a design

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Dessiner/ créer

A

To design

202
Q

Les fondations

A

The foundations

203
Q

La charpente

A

The framework

204
Q

Une poutre

A

A beam

205
Q

La brique

A

Brick

206
Q

Le ciment

A

Cement

207
Q

Le béton

A

Concrete

208
Q

Une muraille, un mur

A

A wall

209
Q

Une ville fortifié

A

A walled city

210
Q

Murer (porte/ fenêtre)

A

To wall up

211
Q

Une corniche

A

A cornice

212
Q

Une frise

A

A frieze

213
Q

Un pilier

A

A pillar

214
Q

Une colonne

A

A column

215
Q
  1. Un socle de colonne

2. Une plinthe

A

A plinth

216
Q

Une tour

A

A tower

217
Q 
Un parvis (lieu de culte) 
/ une avant-cour (château)
A

A forecourt

218
Q

Une cour (d’immeuble)

A

A courtyard

219
Q

La pierre à bâtir

A

Building stone

220
Q

Une cour inférieur

A

An inner

= interior courtyard

221
Q

La grande muraille de chine

A

The Great Wall of china

222
Q

Des arcades

A

An arcaded colonade

223
Q

On peut s’appuyer sur elle (fig)

A

She’s a pillar of strength

224
Q

Un bâtiment peut être élevé

A

A building may be lofty

225
Q

Un bâtiment majestueux

A

A building majestic

226
Q

Un pont-levis

A

A drawbridge

227
Q

Les remparts

A

The battlements

228
Q

Une barbacane = une tourelle défensive

A

A barbican

229
Q

Le donjon

A

The keep

230
Q

Un cachot

A

A dungeon

231
Q

Une ruine

A

A ruin

232
Q

Un vestige

A

A relic

233
Q

Une cloche

A

A bell

234
Q

Un clocher

A

A (bell) tower

= a belfry

235
Q

Un clocher (tour)

A

A steeple

236
Q

A clocheton

A

A turret

237
Q

Un dôme

A

A dome

238
Q

La façade (Religieux)

A

The front

239
Q

Le porche (religieux)

A

The porch

240
Q

Un cloître

A

A cloister

241
Q

Une vente/ une arche/ un arc (de triomphe)

A

An arch

242
Q

Une voûte

A

A vault

243
Q

Les bas-côtés

A

The aisles

244
Q

Une rosace

A

A rose window

245
Q

Le sanctuaire

A

The sanctuary

246
Q

L’autel

A

The altar

247
Q

Un clé de voûte

A

A keystone

248
Q

Il y a une araignée au plafond !

A

He’s got bats in the belfry!

249
Q

Ancien, antique

A

Ancient

250
Q

Classique

A

Classical

251
Q

Renaissance

A

Renaissance

252
Q

Un musicien

A

A musician

253
Q

Un accord (musique)

A

A chord

254
Q

Un air

A

A tune

255
Q

Accorder

A

To tune

256
Q

Se mettre au diapason

A

To tune in

257
Q

Un diapason

A

A tuning fork

258
Q

Une mélodie

A

A melody

Anglais Vocabulaire (73 decks)

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