- •I. Read, translate the following text and do the exercises given below.
- •Read the folloing dialogue.
- •11 Years
- •The System of Education in Great Britain.
- •In some areas of England there are nursery schools for children under 5 years of age . Some children between two & five receive education in nursery classes or in infants classes in primary schools.
- •I. Read & translate the text & be ready to fulfil the exercises below.
- •I. Read & translate the text & be ready to fulfil the exercises below.
- •I. Read & translate the text & be ready to fulfil the exercises below.
- •The British Artist
- •II. Read & translate the text & be ready to fulfil the exercises below
II. Read & translate the text & be ready to fulfil the exercises below
The British Artist
David Tremlett is one of those British artists who are far better known abroad. Though he has many ardent admirers here (he’s been short-listed for the Turner Prize and has shown at the Serpentine Gallery in 1988), the really big marks of recognition - the Hayward Gallery retrospective the shows at the Tate or the Whitechapel - have eluded him . On the surface, at least, this neglect is puzzling. Tremlett’s drawings have a tranquillity unusual in the art of the Nineties. Unlike other artists of his generation who make wall drawings, such as the Americans Richard Serra and Sol Lewitt, he isn’r interested in dominating the architectural space in which he works. “My art isn’t about frightening or disturbing people. My desire is to produce rigorous beauty “
Tremlett, who works primarily in pastel, tempers the austere formal discipline of his work with a lightness of touch that is highly personal. A wall drawing might consist simply of a rectangular shape in dove grey set against a field of turquoise blue. Working with assistants, he rubs these powdery pigments directly into the wall with his bare hands to achieve the rich, scumbled suffusion of colour he seeks.
The truth is that the status of an outsider suits Tremlett very well. “What keeps me alive is a fighting spirit. I ruthlessly push myself, but try to retain the softness and tranquillity. In the end that’s all my work is about - thoroughness and beauty.
Above all, Tremlett’s works doesn’t follow any trend. “I seriously believe that great artists live what they are making. If you remain in the zone of fashion, I think you are doomed to be second-rate. Artists who follow a trend aren’t making a standard of their own.
TASKS
2.1.Read the text and answer the following questions.
What makes the author think that David Tremlett is neglected in Britain?
What distinguishes Tremlett’s drawings from those of his contemporaries?
How does Tremlett define the aim of his art?
How can you account for his desire to be an outsider?
What trend in art does Tremlett represent?
2.2. Give Russian equivalents of the following word-combinations. Make up your own sentences.
a wall drawing (painting); rigorous beauty; suffusion of colour; to be short-listed for (the prize); to be second-rate; to follow a trend; to keep alive.
Write out from both texts the key-words characterizing the artistic manner of Turner and that of Tremlett. Compare these men as personalities (their attitude to life, art) and as painters (the subject-matter of their works, etc.)
What do you make of Tremlett’s words: “... great artists live what they are making. If you remain in the zone of fashion ... you are doomed to be second-rate. Artists who follow a trend aren’t making a standard of their own?” Express your opinion of the problem.
Контрольная работа № 6
для студентов Ш курса заочного отделения.
(практика устной и письменной речи)
Составители: Соловьева Г.В.