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A little art-loving lexicon

2021-04-15T05:14:05.575Z


QUIZ - On the occasion of World Art Day, Le Figaro invites you to test your knowledge of its pretty words.


Essential?

Not essential?

We no longer know very well on which foot to dance.

The word has never ceased to define bookshops here, museums, cinemas and theaters there.

“Not essential”

, some say.

Listening to others, art is

"vital"

.

Le Figaro invites

you today, dear reader in love with art, or simply curious, to (re) discover the words that make up this vast domain.

»READ ALSO - If you know the hidden meaning of these words, you like the French language

Do you know, for example, what

odology means

?

"Physiological, acoustic study of the voice in singing"

, it allows the singer to assess the content of his voice in order to improve himself.

Borrowed from ancient Greek, the word was formed after

odóntos

,

"tooth"

, and

logía

,

"science"

.

"Palimpsest"

,

"maroufle"

,

"lithography"

... Will you go to the end of this test on the words of art?

Source: lefigaro

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