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French to English translations [PRO] Social Sciences - Anthropology / exhibition at a large gallery in Paris
French term or phrase:classiques
I think, in the context, that this means conventional art in a standard type of gallery, and it would be misleading to translate it as 'classical' in English (=Greek and Roman style). It also cannot be referred to as 'traditional' as it is being compared with 'primal' art. Would you, therefore, translate it as 'conventional', or possibly 'classic', or something else?
'..un des plus grands musees au monde des beaux-arts classiques.'
Explanation: classical fine arts
classical peut être utilisé pr distinguer une époque, un genre.
eg: théatre classique français = French classical theatre (Oxford-hachette)
ds le cas contraire, vs pouvez utiliser conventional coe vs l'avez proposé
Thanks, mimi. The term used appears to be 'classical fine art'. I had avoided this for the reason given above by BDFinch, (- in the UK it would suggest ancient Greek or Roman), but together with 'fine art' it seems to be how this is translated. 4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer
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I understand your reservations about "traditional" in the context. However, traditional here means the arts that have traditionally been classified as "the Fine Arts" and it is not a value judgement about the validity of other traditions that did not use the category "Fine Art".
B D Finch France Local time: 18:00 Works in field Native speaker of: English
1 hr confidence:
classical
Explanation: classical fine arts
classical peut être utilisé pr distinguer une époque, un genre.
eg: théatre classique français = French classical theatre (Oxford-hachette)
ds le cas contraire, vs pouvez utiliser conventional coe vs l'avez proposé
mimi 254 Local time: 17:00 Native speaker of: English, French PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
Thanks, mimi. The term used appears to be 'classical fine art'. I had avoided this for the reason given above by BDFinch, (- in the UK it would suggest ancient Greek or Roman), but together with 'fine art' it seems to be how this is translated.
Explanation: I actually think your own suggestions and BD's suggestion is fine, but this could be an alternative, as it's really setting Western art against art from the rest of the world.
une ambassade du musée du quai Branly au coeur du musée du Louvre
Inauguré en avril 2000, le pavillon des Sessions se situe au sud du palais du Louvre, entre l’aile de Flore et l’aile Denon, et expose 120 chefs-d’oeuvre sculpturaux du monde entier au coeur de l’un des plus grands musées des beaux-arts classiques au monde. Du jour au lendemain, la Victoire de Samothrace et la Vénus de Milo ont cohabité avec un maître de la maternité rouge dogon avec un serpent à plumes Quetzalcoatl : l’ouverture du pavillon des Sessions marque un tournant important dans l’histoire du regard que l’Occident porte sur les arts et civilisations d’Afrique, d’Asie, d’Océanie et des Amériques, soit les trois quarts de l’humanité et six mille ans d’histoire du monde... http://www.quaibranly.fr/fr/collections/pavillon-des-session...
Alain Pommet Local time: 18:00 Native speaker of: English
6 hrs confidence:
classic
Explanation: As the asker and other posters have pointed out, this is not the same as classical.
Reference information: Wikipedia (and others) use the differentiation between fine and folk art for primal and traditional art. Maybe that can be of help to you?
Example sentence(s):
Folk art encompasses art produced from an indigenous culture or by peasants or other laboring tradespeople. In contrast to fine art, folk art is primarily utilitarian and decorative rather than purely aesthetic.
Fine Art / Folk Art: A Dialogue examines the profound influence of Ukrainian folk art on the fine art created by some of Ukraine's best known and highly regarded artists.
The translation workplace 
peer agreement (net): +2
