French to English glossary of translations - Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting terms

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chaise curule	sella curulus or curule chair	(Non-member)
champ levé	champ-leve/champ-levé	(Non-member)
champ vivant	living field: still open to experimentation, creation, and more generally, change, as in the living/dead language opposition.	(Non-member)
chantier de dorure	onsite gilding	monxmood
chassis a clefs	stretcher bar frame (with keys)	(Non-member)
cintrés en plan sont chantournés en élévation	bowed / double-curved	Mark Nathan
collage des tissus	fabric collage	(Non-member)
collectif d'artistes	artists(') collective	(Non-member)
commissaire d'expositions	exhibition curator	(Non-member)
Compagnie, léditeur pour lequel art de vivre devient partage.	Compagnie, the publishing house that feels the art of living should be shared.	(Non-member)
compagnonnage	companionship	(Non-member)
conduite	prop/costume cue sheet	rifkind
confronter	examine critically	(Non-member)
connu depuis	known/evidenced from (date)	French Foodie
conservateur de patrimoine	cultural heritage officer/curator/conservator	suezen
couper court	sidestep; downplay; make little of; give short shrift to	(Non-member)
courbes et contre-courbes	ogee curves	(Non-member)
cratère à oreillettes	lugged krater	(Non-member)
Créamousse	foam board/foam sheet	(Non-member)
creations plastiques, arts plastiques, artist plastic	plastic arts (Brit), Visual arts/sculptured visual arts (Amer)	...

cuir moule avec corne sculptee	moulded leather with carved horn	(Non-member)
dance dei chivaux frus	traditional dance (Provence) dance of the fiery horses	...
décision compositionnelle	compositional decision	Parrot
décomplexé	forthright	(Non-member)
décors	decorations	Tobias Wedmore
dépôt de l'Etat	on loan from the State	(Non-member)
dérive	dérive - in art theory context, don't translate (see discussion)	Melissa McMahon
de la première heure	pioneering	(Non-member)
déclinent des produits dérivés	produce a range of spin-off products	(Non-member)
Décor...de grotesques et arabesques	Multicolored design of grotesque and arabesque themes	(Non-member)
décroché	Floating back panel	emiledgar
dénouant dans l'écume	letting loose on foam	Odette Grille
des complicités qui se devinent	Subtle understanding, overt pleasure	juliebarba
Dessin artistique	drawing	Sam Berner
dessin au trait	line drawing	(Non-member)
dessinateur [artistic fields]	illustrator OR draughtsman / draftsman [more precise term]	Tony M
dessus de portes	(decorative) paintings above doors	Tobias Wedmore
Details d’architecture‎	Architectural detailing	Sam Berner
détissage	unweaving; raveling	Mark Nathan
diamants baguette en trapèze	trapezoid baguettes	French Foodie

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