Мистецтво Дев'ятнадцятого і Двадцятого Століття

Ex. 1. Прочитайте, перекладіть текст та випишіть незнайомі слова:

Seen against the long tapestry of art history, the last 100 years are but a stitch. Yet, during the twentieth century, more changes have taken place in art than in all the centuries before. In this lesson, you will learn about some of these changes.

ART OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY

In the centuries following the Renaissance, the pursuit of realism continued. Artists produced pictures that showed solid figures moving naturally in space. They created works in which sunlight poured through windows, glinting off glass goblets and other shiny surfaces.

Their brushes captured the look and feel of warm skin, cold metal, and soft velvet. Toward the end of the 1800s, the search for realism took a new direction. One group of French painters in particular “saw the light.”

They left their dark studios and went to paint outdoors. They worked feverishly, using all their energies to capture the fleeting effects of sunlight on objects. This group became known, at first jokingly, as the Impressionists.

ART OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY

You have learned that the Impressionists were seeking new ways to capture realistic appearances in their art. However, the search for realism was nothing new. Roman sculptors and Renaissance painters sought the same goal. Strands in the fabric of art history, it seems, loop back on themselves. One strand that came full circle in the twentieth century is the use of symbolism in art. You learned about symbolism in the lessons on Egyptian art earlier in this chapter. A heavy reliance on symbols became a feature of a twentieth-century art movement known as Surrealism.

Ex. 2. Складіть три запитання до тексту.

Ex. 3. Заповніть пропуски:

1. In the centuries following the Renaissance, the … of realism continued.

2. Their brushes captured the … and feel of warm skin, cold …, and soft velvet.

3. They worked feverishly, using all their … to capture the fleeting effects of sunlight on objects.

4. Strands in the fabric of art history, it seems, loop … on themselves.

Питання для самоконтролю:

What was the aim of the Impressionists?

What was the goal of the Surrealists?

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