Translations
This is the English word to say "le goût".
What is "taste"?
This is the English word for "une esquisse".
These are the movable objects you use to make a room or building suitable for living or working in, such as tables, chairs, or desks.
What is "furnature"?
(i.e. les mobiliers)
This is the English relative pronoun used for a person.
What is "who"?
a person or company that buys and sells works of art.
What is "a dealer"?
(i.e. un marchand)
This is the English word for "une étagère".
What is "a shelf"?
This is the French term for "a display case".
What is "une vitrine"?
This is a type of art that is mounted against the wall.
This is the subject word we use for a thing.
What is "it". (Not "he" or "she")
someone who donates money, goods, or even services to a person or organization that is in need.
What is "a benefactor".
(i.e. un bienfaiteur)
This is the French word for "display".
What is "accrochage"?
This is the English infinitive to say "collectionner".
What is "to collect"?
This is something disabled people (in wheelchairs) use to access a building with ease.
What is a ramp?
(i.e. une rampe)
This is the English preposition we use to accknowlege an artist's work. For example, "painted ____ Vincent van Gogh"
What is "by" ?
This person is responsible for the acquisition of the museums collections.
What is "a curator"?
(i.e. le conservateur)
This is the English term to say "consacré à"
What is "devoted / dedicated to"?
This is the English word for "un cadre".
What is 'a frame'?
This is the English word for "un socle".
What is "a plinth"?
This is the plural form of "a sarcophagus" ?
What is "sarcophagi" ?
Une des provinces du Rococo: La Chine rêvée (One of the regions of the Rococo: The imaginary China) is one of the most beautiful curiosities in Besançon's Fine Arts museum : a set of ten oil-sketches of Chinese subjects painted by this man in 1742.
Who is François Boucher?
This is the English word to say "une terre cuite".
What is "a terracotta"?
This is the English word for "une gravure".
What is "an engraving"?
This is lighting which throws light downwards by being situated on the ceiling or having a downward shade.
What is "overhead lighting"?
(i.e. éclairage zénithal)
When talking about centuries, French uses Roman numerals and sovereigns (le XIIIe siècle, Louis XIV), but English uses this.
What is "Arabic numerals"?
(the 13th century= thirteenth,
the 20th century = twentieth)
This man is the curator in charge of the collections of paintings, sculptures and art objects at the Besançon Museum of Fine Arts and Archaeology.
Who is Yohan Rimaud?