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AP Unit 3
La beauté et l'esthétique
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| concevoir | to design |
| bien conçu | well designed/thought out |
| le rez-de-chaussée | the first floor |
| la banlieue | the suburbs |
| les HLM | fixed rent apartments |
| le centre-ville | downtown |
| les gratte-ciel | skyscrapers |
| la campagne | the countryside |
| les marques | brands |
| le maquillage | make-up |
| un peinture | a painter |
| un artiste | an artist |
| un tableau | a painting |
| une oeuvre | a work/a piece of art |
| un chef d'oeuvre | a masterpiece an artist's most well-known |
| une exposition | an exhibit/exhibition |
| une toile | a canvas |
| un atelier | a studio/workshop |
| en arrière-plan | in the background |
| laid(e) | ugly |
| vif/vive | bright |
| l'image corporelle | body image |
| un tatouage | a tattoo |
| la chirurgie esthétique | cosmetic/plastic surgery |
| ravissant | ravishing/delightful/charming |
| le luxe | luxury |
| pittoresque | picturesque |
| scintillant | sparkling |
| ébluoissant | dazzling |
| merveilleux | marvelous |
| un mannequin | a model (as in, a person who models) |
| la façade | the front of a building |
| un dramaturge | a playwright |
| un spectacle | a show |
| une comédie musicale | a musical |
| une pièce | a play |
| divertissant | entertaining |
| jouer du/de la (instrument de musique) | to play an instrument |
| les arts visuels | visual arts |
| les beaux arts | fine arts |
| un vernissage | an exhibit opening |
| en plein air | outdoors |
| les arts plastiques | sculpture/painting/textiles/design |