Comment on one of the following:
“Art is not a handicraft, it is a transmission of feeling the artist has experienced” (L.Tolstoi)
“Real, live art appeals to the heart and mind of man, to his feeling and ideals and it proclaims life” (K.Paustovsky)
“Pictures must not be too picturesque” (R.Emerson)
“Art is a veil rather than a mirror” (O.Wilde)
“Genius must be born, and never can be taught” (J.Dryden)
“A work of art endures for ever” (E.Hemingway)
“Artists must be sacrificed to their art. Like bees, they must put their lives into the sting they give” (R.Emerson)
Write a description of your favourite painting.
Check yourself
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Explain why you think so.
Crossword “art”
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2. A building for preserving and exhibiting artistic, historical, or scientific objects.
5. A person employed to point out interesting sights on a visit.
7. A theory and school of painting.
9. A thin board on which the artist mixes his colours.
12. A place or establishment for exhibiting art works.
15. A quality or value of colour; shade.
16. One who is sitting to have his portrait painted.
18. A synonym of “paint”.
19. The creation of what is beautiful.
21. A special skill, art or dexterity.
23. A rough, quickly made drawing.
24. A colour (pinkish red or purplish red).
25. A colour (bluish-purple).
26. A colour (a combination of red, black and yellow).
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1. A delicate shading of a colour.
3. The highest in quality, performance, etc.; most excellent.
4. A great artist.
5. A famous British portrait and landscape painter of the XVIIIth c.
6. A wooden frame to support a picture while the artist is working at it.
8. A picture of a sea scene.
A famous British painter of sea-scapes.
A humorous drawing.
13. A delicate stroke made with a brush in painting.
A colour (very bright red).
16. A single movement of a pen or brush.
17. An imitation or representation of a person or thing drawn, painted, etc.
20. A colour (between blue and yellow in the spectrum).
22. A particular shade or tint of a given colour.