Is a painting or other representation of the sea

A landscape is a picture on a wall or ceiling

A portrait the word is used as the general term meaning work,

picture

A sitter is a person (subject, model) who is having his portrait painted

A still life canvas is a picture

A fresco is a picture, a canvas

This word is used in expressions: city scene, country

A scene scene, historical scene, street scene, battle scene

is a picture representing a scenery of nature or countryside

is a painting of such unanimated subjects as fruit, flowers or other decorative things

A piece is a painting, picture or representation of a person, especially of a face generally drawn from life

Vocabulary

painting ['peɪntɪŋ] — живопис, картина

artist ['a:tɪst] — художник

view [vju:] — вид; пейзаж

scenery ['sɪ:nərɪ] — пейзаж; ландшафт

to draw [drɔ:] from life — писати з натури

scene [si:n] — місце дії, пейзаж, картина

TASKS

I. Explain the following.

1. "A picture is a poem without words ". (Horatio).

2. "Art is long and life is fleeting ". (Longfellow).

3. "All art is but imitation of nature". (Seneka).

II. Finish the sentences.

1. My preference lies with the genre of portrait because...

2. I personally like genre paintings. They are...

3. I prefer landscape to other genres. You see...

4. I care much for still lives...

5. I prefer battle pieces ...

III. What does it mean?

1. It іs hard to overestimate the role of art in one's life.

2. Art forms our outlook and enriches our inner world.

3. Art has a great educational significance.

4. Art brings people up, makes them more humane and kind.

5. Ail holds up people's spirits in the tragic moments of their lives.

6. The language of an is universal.

3. Let's have a talk about art.

1. What makes good art? Do you think art can be great if it is not linked with the people's lives, their interests and ideals? Give your reasons.

2. How does an help us understand the outside world?

3. What purposes does true an serve?

4. Share your opinions: real art appeals to the heart and mind of man, to his feelings and ideals and it proclaims life. Art is life, pretence of art is death.

5. True art elevates the mind and the soul of the people.

Words for Discussing Art

perspective

Let's put things in perspective — a point of view that shows the relationship between one thing and another. The word is used for objects and scenes depicted so that they appear to the eye to have the appropriate relationship and proportion to everything else in the painting. If a barn is depicted in the painting, the cows and sheep grazing near it will be proportionally smaller than the barn. As they paint, artists imagine converging lines invisible to the viewer of the painting.

words in context: - in the fifteenth century, Filippo Brunelleschi led a group of artists to creating perspective through manipulating vanishing points in a painting; thus, art for the first time became three-dimensional.

chiaroscuro

The use of light and shade in a painting and the skill displayed by the painter in the management of shadows.

words in context: Rembrandt was a master of chiaroscuro in his paintings, which show figures in sunlight and shadow.

etching

The art of engraving with acid on metal. The print taken from the metal plate is also called an etching. A needle is used to scratch a design on the metal plate; this design is filled with ink. The plate and paper are then put into a press, which transfers the pattern to the paper. There are many variants of this process, but it appears to have been developed in Germany about 1515.

words in context: The artist Albrecht Dürer made etchings on iron between 1515 and 1518, probably the earliest examples of this art. Other artists who used the process include Rembrandt, Goya, and Whistler.

Mezzotint

A method of engraving that leaves the impression of light and shadow or chiaroscuro on the final print after the artist scratches the surface of a copper or steel plate with a saw-toothed tool. The soft effect in the print can show every degree of light and shade from black to white without leaving a sharp line as in an etching.

words in context: Mezzotint, an engraving showing light and shadow, was invented by a Dutchman, Ludwig von Siegen, in 1640, but the process came into wide use in England in the early eighteenth century.

After studying the definitions above, use these new words in the sentences below.

1. The most popular work of Albrecht Dürer was a (n) of a pair of hands, palms held together in prayer.

2. Art lovers visit the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam to see Rembrandt Van Rijn's The Night Watch, in which the artist uses ________________ to light the figures that appear to emerge out of shadows with a dramatic effect.

3. A method of engraving that gives the effect of light and shade is called .

4. Artists use a technique called to create the illusion of three-dimensional space on a flat surface.

Test Yourself: Write the letter next to the number to match word and meaning.

1. chiaroscuro a. creating appropriate relationships in art

2. perspective b. blending light and shade in paintings

3. etching c. an engraving showing light and shadow

4. mezzotint d. created by plate, paper, and press

On a separate sheet of paper, write a sentence using each of these new words.