Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
E.P.F.
English translation:
Expression Plastique Fondamentale
Added to glossary by
Sophie Kerman
May 27, 2013 21:00
11 yrs ago
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French term
E.P.F.
French to English
Art/Literary
Architecture
The last of three acronyms that are hanging me up... A course title in a transcript for a MANAA program (2nd semester) for an architecture student. Sorry I don't have any more information than that!
Proposed translations
(English)
| 2 +2 | Expression Plastique Fondamentale |
DLyons
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| 3 -1 | E.P.F. (plastic art’s expression:shape, color and material) |
pooja_chic
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Proposed translations
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5 mins
Selected
Expression Plastique Fondamentale
Peut-être
3 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks! I went with "Fundamentals of Visual Expression" as the English translation, this was very helpful."
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36 mins
pooja_chic
Native in English
Translation is depth of the passion
Native in: English 
Works in: French to English, English to French, Portuguese to English
Related KudoZ points
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E.P.F. (plastic art’s expression:shape, color and material)
expression plastique fondamentale
http://manaavaurealorganisation.blogspot.in/
http://www.reseauetudiant.com/forum/read/f1332/i1210t1210/ma...
http://www.geijutsu.tsukuba.ac.jp/english/school/kosei
http://www.saliege.com/manaa.html
I prefer keeping abbreviations with explanation in brackets.
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Catharine, this link is to justify your comment
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastic_arts
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Wikipedia is not literal
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Further
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plastic art
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Note added at 11 hrs (2013-05-28 08:32:01 GMT)
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Definition of PLASTIC ART
1
: art (as sculpture or bas-relief) characterized by modeling : three-dimensional art
2
: visual art (as painting, sculpture, or film) especially as distinguished from art that is written (as poetry or music) —often used in plural
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http://www.thefreedictionary.com/plastic art
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plastic art - the arts of shaping or modeling; carving and sculpture
art, fine art - the products of human creativity; works of art collectively; "an art exhibition"; "a fine collection of art"
sculpture - a three-dimensional work of plastic art
http://manaavaurealorganisation.blogspot.in/
http://www.reseauetudiant.com/forum/read/f1332/i1210t1210/ma...
http://www.geijutsu.tsukuba.ac.jp/english/school/kosei
http://www.saliege.com/manaa.html
I prefer keeping abbreviations with explanation in brackets.
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Note added at 11 hrs (2013-05-28 08:31:15 GMT)
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Catharine, this link is to justify your comment
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastic_arts
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Note added at 11 hrs (2013-05-28 08:31:31 GMT)
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Wikipedia is not literal
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Note added at 11 hrs (2013-05-28 08:31:52 GMT)
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Further
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plastic art
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Note added at 11 hrs (2013-05-28 08:32:01 GMT)
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Definition of PLASTIC ART
1
: art (as sculpture or bas-relief) characterized by modeling : three-dimensional art
2
: visual art (as painting, sculpture, or film) especially as distinguished from art that is written (as poetry or music) —often used in plural
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Note added at 20 hrs (2013-05-28 17:06:52 GMT)
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http://www.thefreedictionary.com/plastic art
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Note added at 20 hrs (2013-05-28 17:07:08 GMT)
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plastic art - the arts of shaping or modeling; carving and sculpture
art, fine art - the products of human creativity; works of art collectively; "an art exhibition"; "a fine collection of art"
sculpture - a three-dimensional work of plastic art
Peer comment(s):
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Catharine Cellier-Smart
: "Plastic art's" [sic] is a literal translation from "arts plastiques" and doesn't work in English.
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Please check English version, it is not literal:http://www.geijutsu.tsukuba.ac.jp/english/school/kosei
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B D Finch
: Not accepted English: incorrect use of possessive and use of Franglais term "plastic art".
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I disagree with your comment. http://www.thefreedictionary.com/plastic art
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