Vocabulary
French words and expressions dealing with the arts:
- peintre — painter
- peinture à l'huile — oil painting
- tableau — painting
- toile — canvas
- gravure — print
- dessin — drawing
- aquarelle — watercolor
- croquis — sketch
- ébauche — draft
- crayon — pencil
- paysage — landscape
- nature morte — still life
- la peinture d'histoire — History painting, see Hierarchy of genres
- tapisserie – tapestry
- vitrail – stained glass
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Famous quotes containing the word vocabulary:
“One forgets words as one forgets names. One’s vocabulary needs constant fertilizing or it will die.”
—Evelyn Waugh (1903–1966)
“Institutional psychiatry is a continuation of the Inquisition. All that has really changed is the vocabulary and the social style. The vocabulary conforms to the intellectual expectations of our age: it is a pseudo-medical jargon that parodies the concepts of science. The social style conforms to the political expectations of our age: it is a pseudo-liberal social movement that parodies the ideals of freedom and rationality.”
—Thomas Szasz (b. 1920)
“I have a vocabulary all my own. I “pass the time” when it is wet and disagreeable. When it is fine I do not wish to pass it; I ruminate it and hold on to it. We should hasten over the bad, and settle upon the good.”
—Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592)