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Lesson 14: Vocabulaire de l’appréciation d’une œuvre d’art :

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Les Beaux-Arts   Fine Arts  
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l’art (masc.) du spectacle   performance Art ( dancing, singing, acting etc.)  
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l’art pictural   visual art (painting,photography)  
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le mime   miming (silent performance using only body motion and facial expressions)  
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à mon avis (masculine)   in my opinion  
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Parmi les artistes français étudiés au cours , une personne qui me fascine c’est…   Among French artists studied in the course, one who fascinates me is…  
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Cette œuvre a été réalisée par...   This art piece was made/.painted by…  
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Cette chanson a été écrite/ chantée par...   This song was written/sang by...  
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an spectacle extraordinaire   an outstanding show  
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très entrainant   very energizing  
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un spectacle décevant   a disappointing show  
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une peinture provoquante= troublante   a disturbing painting  
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le jeu des ombres et de la lumière= le clair-obscur   the dark and light oppositions, "chiaroscuro"  
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j’adore !   I love it  
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je déteste   I hate it!  
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être touché(e) par une œuvre   to be affected by a piece of art  
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émue(e)   moved  
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perplexe   puzzled  
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enragé(e)   angered  
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pacifiant= relaxant   peaceful, relaxing  
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stressant   stressful  
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abstrait   abstract ( imaginary, nor recognizable or distorted)  
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un support artistique   art medium ( material used by an artist to make a work of art, such as canvas,clay , wood, marble, film, architecture etc. )  
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une estampe= une gravure   print (a picture reproduced multiple times, not the original painting)  
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un manuscript   manuscript ( handwritten text)  
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un architecte   architect  
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les médias (masc.)-mixtes   mixed-media  
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une fresque= une peinture murale   mural ( art work painted on a wall), fresco(painted on plaster)  
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les tons neutres (masc.)   neutral tones ( blacks, browns, greys, whites)  
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la peinture à l’huile   oil Paint  
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les formes (fem.)   shapes  
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les lignes (fem)   lines  
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les volumes (masc.)   volumes  
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la texture   texture  
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la perspective   perspective  
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l’équilibre (masc.)   the alance  
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une emphase   emphasis  
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la proportion   proportion  
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le contour   Outline  
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la variété= la diversité   variety  
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une esquisse= un croquis   outline drawing, sketch  
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une façade   façade ( side of a building, most often the front)  
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l’art conceptuel   conceptual Art (in this tyoe of art, the ideas behind the piece is as important as the piece itself)  
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un arrière-plan   background  
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un avant-plan   foreground  
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Au premier plan nous voyons…   In the foreground, we can see  
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A l’arrière plan, on peut distinguer…   In the background one can distinguish  
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Il s’agit d’une scène de plein-air…   We are looking at an outdoors scene…  
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Il s’agit d’une scène champêtre…   We are looking at a nature scene…  
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un paysage   landscape  
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un collage   collage ( art piece made of glued papers)  
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un effet lumineux   highlight  
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une échelle   scale (size)  
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un bas-relief   Bas Relief ( carving with little depth ( churches walls etc.)  
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le point de convergence, le point central, le point focal, le point d’intérêt   focal point ( the place within the painting where the eye automatically returns)  
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l’intensité (fem.) des couleurs(fem.)   color intensity, color saturation  
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les couleurs primaires   primary colors  
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une aquarelle   watercolor  
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la palette des couleurs   the color palette ( either the range of colors an artist uses of the board he mixes colors on)  
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une nature morte   Still Life (inanimate objects as focus of the painting: fruits, flowers etc.)  
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monumental(e)   monumental, massive ( used in architecture)  
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la profondeur   depth  
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le sujet du tableau   the subject of the painting( person or object depicted)  
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la luminosité   luminosity (quality of the light in the painting)  
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Cette scène s’inspire de….   This scene is inspired by...  
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Je peux m’identifier à cette scène….   I can relate to this scene because…  
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un(e) artiste très doué(e)   a very talented artist  
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des coups (masc.) de pinceaux   brush strokes…  
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une allégorie   allegory ( symbolic representation)  
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un auto-portrait   self portrait  
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critiquer   to criticise  
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Cela me fait réfléchir.   It makes me think…  
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L’artiste révélè un monde qui est…   The artist unveils a world that is…  
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à la manière de/ des…   in the style of…  
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Le protagoniste de la toile semble fort…   The main character on the painting appears very…  
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une façon de voir le monde   a way to look at the world  
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un message à décoder   a message to interpret  
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souligner l’intérêt historique d’une œuvre   to notice/mention the historical importance of a piece  
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