Visual Arts Flashcards by Ilona Voutsas

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arts and crafts

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artisanat

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art dealer

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marchand d’art

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an auction

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vente aux enchères

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auction house

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salle de ventes

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verisimilitude

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vraisemblance

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draughtsman/draughtswoman

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dessinateur.trice

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a cartoonist

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un dessinateur humoristique

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a sitter

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un modèle

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a sitting

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séance de pose

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drawing-board

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planche à dessin

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vellum

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vélin (support pour caligraphie)

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a nib

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plume

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drawing ink

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China ink , encre de Chine

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charcoal

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fusain

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crayon

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craie grasse

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stencil

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pochoir

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sketch

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croquis

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a rough

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un crayonné

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outline

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contours

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to shade off

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estomper

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an engraving

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gravure

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woodcutting

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gravure sur bois

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eatching

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eau-forte (gravure sur plaque métallique)

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a print

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estampe

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relief

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le relief

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an engraver

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un graveur

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to etch

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graver à l’eau forte

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an easel

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chevalet

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frame

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cadre

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paint

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la peinture (matériau)

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watercolour

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aquarelle

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a mural

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peinture murale

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a fresco

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fresque

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a monochrome painting

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camaieu

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a daub

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une croute

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to tone down

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atténuer

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to varnish

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vernir

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a chisel

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ciseau de sculpteur

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mallet

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maillet

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clay

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argile

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terracotta

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terre cuite

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a cast(ing)

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moulage

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a mo(u)ld

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un moule

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a recumbent statue

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un gisant

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gargoyle

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gargouille

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garland

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guirlande

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pedestal

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piédestal

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to sculpt

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sculpter

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to sculpt

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sculpter

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to carve

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graver, sculpter

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to set up

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ériger

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to polish

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polir

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to cast

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fondre, couler

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to model, to fashion

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modeler, façonner

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to chisel

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ciseler

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as cold as marble

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froid comme le marbre

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to be cast in the same mould

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sortir du même moule

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it’s like watching paint dry

A

c’est ennuyeux colle un jour de pluie

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he described the situation with broad strokes

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il a décrit la situation à grands traits