Vocabulaire lié aux formes d’art en anglais

L’art de nos jours ne se limite pas uniquement au dessin et à la peinture. Il y a eu différentes formes d’art au cours de ces années. Apprenons comment les différentes formes d’art sont appelées en anglais.

1. Street Art:

Meaning: a small container for drinks made of glass or similar material, with a flat base and usually with no handle

French: street art

Exemple: They sneaked out at night to do some street art. (Ils se sont faufilés la nuit pour faire du street art.)

2. Modern Art:

Meaning: art that was produced in the late 1860s through the 1970s and that rejected traditionally accepted forms and emphasized individual experimentation and sensibility

French: art moderne

Exemple: I wish to visit a modern art museum someday. (Je souhaite visiter un jour un musée d’art moderne.)

3. Graffiti Art:

Meaning: writings or drawings made on surfaces in public places

French: art du graffiti

Exemple: The subway was filled with graffiti art. (Le métro était rempli de graffitis.)

4. Contemporary Art:
Meaning: Contemporary art is the art of today, produced in the second half of the 20th century or in the 21st century

French: art contemporain

Exemple: There have been many developments in contemporary arts in the past years. (Les arts contemporains ont connu de nombreux développements ces dernières années.)

5. Digital Art:

Meaning: Digital art is an artistic work or practice that uses digital technology as part of the creative or presentation process

French: art numérique

Exemple: Photoshop and illustration are good platforms for digital art. (Photoshop et l’illustration sont de bonnes plateformes pour l’art numérique.)

6. Painting: 

Meaning: a picture created by putting paint on a surface, or the activity or skill of creating pictures by using paint

French: la peinture

Exemple: The three year old loved painting. (L’enfant de trois ans adorait faire de la peinture.)

7. Drawing:
Meaning: the act of making a picture with a pencil or pen, or a picture made in this way

French: dessin

Exemple: What did you learn in drawing class? (Qu’as-tu appris en cours de dessin?)

8. Sculpting:

Meaning: the art of creating solid objects that represent a thing, person, idea, etc. out of a material such as wood, clay, metal, or stone

French: sculpture

Exemple:  She was sculpting the hands of her parents together. (Elle sculptait les mains de ses parents ensemble.)

9. Culinary Arts: 

Meaning: Culinary arts, in which culinary means “related to cooking”, are the cuisine arts of food preparation, cooking, and presentation of food, usually in the form of meals

French: arts culinaires

Exemple: She had great interest in culinary art since she was a little girl. (Elle avait un grand intérêt pour l’art culinaire depuis qu’elle était petite.)

10. Performing Arts:

Meaning: forms of entertainment such as acting, dancing, and playing music

French: arts de la scène

Exemple: She wanted to excel in some form of performing arts. (Elle voulait exceller dans une certaine forme d’arts de la scène.)

11. Photography:

Meaning: the activity or job of taking photographs or filming

French: la photographie

Exemple: It is necessary to photograph regularly to master photography. (Il est nécessaire de photographier régulièrement pour maîtriser la photographie.)

12. Animation: 

Meaning: moving images created from drawings, models, etc. that are photographed or created by a computer

French: animation

Exemple: Animation is now loved not only by kids, but adults too. (L’animation est désormais appréciée non seulement des enfants, mais aussi des adultes.)

13. Architecture:
Meaning: the art and practice of designing and making buildings

French: architecture

Exemple: We love seeing pieces of ancient architecture. (Nous adorons voir des pièces d’architecture ancienne.)

14. Sand Art:

Meaning: Sand art is the practice of modelling sand into an artistic form, such as a sand brushing, sand sculpture, sandpainting, or sand bottles

French: art de sable

Exemple: He made a santa clause using sand art during Christmas. (Il a fait une clause de père Noël en utilisant l’art du sable à Noël.)

15. Folk Art: 

Meaning: pictures, objects, etc. that express something about the lives and feelings of ordinary people in a particular group or country, especially those living in the countryside

French: art populaire

Exemple: We should preserve folk art and not let it die. (Nous devons préserver l’art populaire et ne pas le laisser mourir.)

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