el arte
art
la pintora =
painter
el pintor =
painter
el artista =
artist
la artista =
artist
el lienzo =
canvas
el caballete =
easel
las acuarelas =
watercolors
un pincel =
a paintbrush
una pincelada =
brushstroke
el óleo =
oil paint
una obra de arte =
work of art
una naturaleza muerta =
still life
una superficie
surface
un cuadro
painting
una pintura
painting
el fondo =
background
el primer plano =
foreground
la parte trasera
the back of a painting
la parte delantera
the front of a painting
la perspectiva
perspective
el foco
focal point
el paisaje
landscape
el retrato
portrait
el autorretrato
self-portrait
el taller
workshop
el escultor
sculptor
la escultora
sculptor
la escultura
sculpture
la estatua
statue
el cincel
chisel
una cerámica de yeso
ceramic piece
la literatura
literature
la prosa (la narrativa)
prose (narrative)
una novela
novel
una forma literaria narrativa
narrative literary form
un género literario =
literary genre
los personajes
characters
el protagonista
protagonist
la protagonista
protagonist
el argumento
plot
el tema
theme/topic
el lugar
place
el ambiente
atmosphere; environment
un cuento
story
la poesía
poetry
el poema
poem
el verso (cada línea de un poema)
verse (each line in a poem)
la estrofa (cada serie de versos)
stanza (each series of verses)
la rima
rhyme
el poeta
poet
la poeta; la poetisa
poet
el talento
talent
pintar
to paint
tallar
to carve
dividirse
to divide
desarrollarse
to develop
abstracto
abstract
figurativo
figurative (describes any form of modern art that retains strong references to the real world)
plana
flat
pintoresco
picturesque
de bronce
made of bronze
de madera
made of wood
Realismo
Realism (the picturing in art and literature of people and things as they really appear to be, without idealizing)
Surrealismo
Surrealism (is a style in art and literature in which ideas, images, and objects are combined in a strange way, like in a dream)
Impresionismo
Impressionism (a style of painting developed in France between 1870 and 1900 that concentrated on showing the effects of light and color rather than on clear and exact detail)
Cubismo
Cubism (is a style of art, begun in the early twentieth century, in which objects are represented as if they could be seen from several different positions at the same time, using many lines and geometric shapes)
Arte abstracto
Abstract art (art that does not attempt to represent an accurate depiction of a visual reality but instead use shapes, colours, forms and gestural marks to achieve its effect)