FINE ARTS
Fine Arts
Focus Vocabulary
Paintings. Genres
oil painting
canvas
water-colour
pastel picture
engraving
fresco painting
sketch/study
family group
ceremonial/self-portrait
full-length/half-length/shoulder-length portrait
landscape
seascape
genre painting
still life
battle piece
masterpiece
Composition and Drawing
in the foreground
in the background
at the top/bottom
in the left/right-hand corner
place the figures against the landscape background
Colouring. Light and Shade
subtle/brilliant/restful/soft /delicate/harmonious colours
gaudy/agitated/dull/oppressive /harsh colours
warm/cool colours
Impression. Judgment
moving/lyrical/romantic/original/poetic painting
exquisite/cheap/vulgar piece of painting
unsurpassed masterpiece
Act out conversations making use of the words from the focus vocabulary.
1.
– I’d like to draw your attention to this still-life
water-colour picture
sculpture
drawing
portrait
– Oh, it’s wonderful!
impressive
too lovely for words!
2.
– Who painted this picture?
seascape
landscape
pastel picture
– It belongs to the brush of a famous English painter.
an unknown Dutch portrait painter
a world-known landscapist
French animal painter
3.
– I can’t make out what’s depicted in the foreground.
in the middleground
In the background
in the distance
- It’s obviously a horseman.
a rock
a sail
a haystack
4.
– What colours does this painter prefer!
tones
shades
– He executes his pictures mostly in bright colours.
dark tones
warm shades
5.
– What does this artist generally depict in his pictures?
canvases
works
– Different things. In this one for example he depicts a genre scene.
a busy street
an oriental market
an evening in autumn
the stormy sea
a caravan in the desert
Word Formation
I. Translate the sentences. Keep in mind that the underlined words belong to different parts of speech.
1. The painter has used bright colour to make the landscape more picturesque.
Since I have no colour film, the photos are black-and-white.
2. This kind of art became known through the canvas of the American artist Andy Warhol.
A canvas cloth on the table made the room cosy.
3. Most oil wells are situated in the North Sea.
Many artists begin their career with drawing and then turn to painting with oil.
4. The museum features one of the world’s largest collections of fine and applied arts.
He prefers feature films to news reels.
II. Complete the chart
Verb |
Noun |
Adjective |
Past Participle |
combine |
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specialist |
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myth |
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harmonious |
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arranged |
paint |
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history |
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emotion |
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lyre |
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move |
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oppress |
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agitate |
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Word Meaning
I. Match the following words with their definitions:
1. fresco
2. sketch
3. canvas
4. illustration
5. in the background
6. collage
7. masterpiece
8. portrait
9. the foreground
10. still life |
a) a painting done with oil paints or a piece of cloth it is painted on
b) a painting made on a wall by using watercolour paint on a surface of wet plaster
c) a simple quickly-made drawing that does not show much detail
d) a picture of an arrangement of objects, especially flowers and fruit
e) a painting, drawing of a person
f) a work of art that is of a very high quality or that is the best that a particular artist has produced
g) behind the main thing that you’re looking at
h) the nearest part of a scene in the picture
j) a picture made by an unusual combination of bits of paper, cloth, metal, etc. |