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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

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a sketchbook

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un dessin (à main levé)

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a (free-hand) drawing

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un crayonné

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a rough

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les contours

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the outline

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poser

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to pose, to sit

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estomper

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to shade off

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une gravure

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an engraving

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la gravure sur bois, une gravure sur bois

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woodcutting, a woodcut

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l’eau-forte, une eau-forte

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etching, an 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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le relief

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relief

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graver à l’eau-forte

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to etch

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un chevalet

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en easel

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une toile

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a canvas

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un cadre, un encadrement

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a frame

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gouache

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gouache

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l’aquarelle, une aquarelle

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watercolour, a watercolour

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la lavis, un lavis

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wash tint, a wash

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une peinture à 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 coup de pinceau

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a brushstroke

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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 camaieu

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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 tone down

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vernir

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to varnish

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la sculpture du/ 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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marbel

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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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un bronze

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a bronze

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un moulage

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a cast(ing)

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une moule, une moulure

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a mold, a molding

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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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stucco

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un bas-relief

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a bas-relief = a low relief

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un haut-relief

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a high relief

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un piédestal

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a pedestal

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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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to polish

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fondre, couler

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to cast

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modeler, façonner

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to model, to fashion, to shape

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ciseler

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to chisel

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