LOANWORDS OF FRENCH ART

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1. ART DECO Definition:

a style of decoration that was especially popular in the 1930s and uses simple shapes and lines and strong colors

Etymology: Arts Décoratifs

1. ART DECOExample:

Earlier this year the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris staged a fascinating exhibition..which highlighted the style now known by connoisseurs as Art Deco. (1966, Times)

1. ART DECOChrysler Building in New York City

2. NEW WAVE(NOUVELLE VAGUE)

Definition:

(n.) A new movement or trend, esp. in the arts

(adj.) cinematic nouvelle vague (n.) A style of rock music that emerged in the late 1970s

Etymology: nouvelle vague

Example:

It is a film made by one of the old guard rather than by a member of the nouvelle. vague. (1959) Jean-Luc Godard's

New Wave film Breathless (1960)

2. NEW WAVE(NOUVELLE VAGUE)

3. DEBUTDefinition:

(n.) first appearance in public of an actor, actress, or other performer

(n.) entry into society (v.) make one's début (adj.)

Etymology: débuter (v.) & début (n.)

3. DEBUTExample: I find that your début at Paris has been a good one.

Differences between debut in English and début in French

French: débuter(v.) & début (n.) English: debut(v.) (n.) (adj.) & debute (v.)

She will maker her debut this Saturday. The new series will debut in March. His debut autobiography has already been

sold out.

4. ROLEDefinition:

(n.) A person's allotted share, part, or duty in life and society

(n.) An actor's part in a play, film, etc.

Etymology: rôle

Forms: 16 rowle 18 roal

16–17 roll 18– role

17– rôle

4. ROLEExample:

The Euangelist from God hath receiued such a rowle…… (1606, S. Gardiner Bk. Angling )

where every man has his roll…… (1692, R. L'Estrange Fables )

Differences between “role” in English and “rôle” in French

In French, there are three definitions of “rôle ” (n.) A person's allotted share, part, or duty in life

and society (n.) An actor's part in a play, film, etc. (n.) roll (of paper) on which an actor's part is

written

5. ARTIST& ARTISTE Definition of “artist”:

someone who paints, draws or makes sculptures

someone who creates things with great skill and imagination

Definition of “artiste”:

a skilled performer, especially a dancer, singer or actor

Etymology of “artist” & “artiste”: artiste

5. ARTIST & ARTISTE Example:

We shall conclude with an extract from some complimentary verses by a noble secretary, who is himself both an Amateur and Artiste. (1790, Crit. Rolliad Pt. 2)

Transfer of Meaning:

artist

artiste

artiste artist

6. AVANT-GARDE Definition • The foremost part of an army

Extremely modern and often seems strange or slightly shocking

The pioneers or innovators in any art in a particular period.

HOW?• Used in English 15c.-18c. in a military sense;

borrowed again 1910 as an artistic term for "pioneers or innovators of a particular period."

(adj.) /avɑ̃�ɡard/

Etymology

• Avant (before / advance) + garde (guard)

• Military artistic

Example

• Odmar led the Avanguard. (1653 S.Clarke Life Tamerlane)

• Stengel..commanded the avant garde of Valence's army. (1796 Campaigns)

6. AVANT-GARDE

7. FILM NOIR (n.) /film nwar/

Definition • A black film

A film of a gloomy or fatalistic character.

Etymology of “noir”

niger negro nègre noire noir

Latin Spanish Old French

Old French: a woman with dark hair

English

7. FILM NOIR

8. AUTEUR (n.) /ɔːˈtəː/

Definition • Author

a film director who has a strong influence on the style of the films that he or she makes

Etymology• autor "father" (Old French)

• auctor, acteor "author, originator, creator, instigator”

Specialization• All kinds of creator film director

9. CINÉMA VÉRITÉ Definition

• A film or films which avoid artificiality and have the appearance of real life; the making of such a film; documentary films collectively.

Etymology of “vérit锕 vérité "truth," borrowed from French in 1966 as a

term for naturalism or realism in film, etc.

(n.) /sinemaverite/

Example

• The whole essence of cinéma-vérité..is to capture the way people behave when there isn't a camera in sight. (1964 Spectator 20 Mar. 379/1)

9. CINÉMA VÉRITÉ

10. CRITIQUE (n.) (v.)  /krɪˈtiːk/

Definition • An essay or article in criticism of a literary (or more

rarely, an artistic) work; a review.

The action or art of criticizing; criticism.

Etymology• kritikos “able to make judgments” (Greek)

• criticus “a judge, literary critic” (Latin)

• critique “one who passes judgment” (French)

• critique “the action or art of criticizing” (English)

Pejorative

10. CRITIQUE

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