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After a spell in London during the Franco-Prussian War, Monet
1) exponent
a) to examine or discuss a subject, idea etc.
thoroughly
2) studio
b) to advise someone very strongly about what
action or attitude they should take
3) landscape
c)a place
4) settle
d) often changing, and not staying the same
5) urge
e) someone who is very good at a particular skill
or activity and is an example to other people
7) explore
f) showing or describing something in a way that
is exactly correct
8) faithful
g) a room in which an artist such as a painter or
sculptor works
9) floating
e) the quality of being modern
10) spot
f) a painting of an area of land
11) modernity
g) to go and live permanently in a particular
place
12) impression
h) an idea, feeling, or opinion about something or
someone, especially one formed without
conscious thought or on the basis of little
evidence
returned to France. He settled in Giverny in 1883. Throughout his long
career, Monet remained faithful to the Impressionist aim of exploring the
changing quality of light and color in landscape. His series of paintings of
grainstacks, Rouen Cathedral, and waterlilies depict specific sites under
differing light and weather conditions [9].
Ex. 1. Matching Words and Definitions
Check your understanding of words used in the text by matching
each word with the letter of its definition. Use each choice only once:
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Ex. 2. Match the English words in the left-hand column with their
1) depict
a) purpose
2) establish
b) persuade
3) aim
c) portray
4) urge
d) found
5) faithful
e) make
6) en plein air
f) loyal
7) create
g) transient
8) spot
h) outdoors
9) changing
i) place
10) show
j) demonstrate
1. C. Monet was in the port city of Le Havre.
T
F
2. His friend Renoir urged him to be faithful to his
impression.
T F 3. To paint en plein air means painting a landscape on
the spot where you see it.
T F 4. Monet’s early works depict a side of modernity that
the Realists showed in their works.
T
F
5. After a spell in London during the Franco-Prussian
War, Monet returned to France.
T
F
6. He settled in Giverny in 1886.
T
F
synonyms in the right-hand column:
Ex. 3. Say whether the following statements are true (T) or false
(F), and if they are false, say why:
TEXT 2
Before You Read
Leaf through the text to get a general idea of its concepts.
Can you name any of Monet’s early works?
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C. Monet 's On the Bank of the
Seine, Bennecourt (32-1/4x39-5/8
inches) The Art Institute of Chicago.
MONET’S EARLY WORKS
“My eyes were opened at last,
and I really understood nature.”
C. Monet
Many of Monet’s early works include shimmering expanses of water,
such as ON THE BANK OF THE SEINE, BENNECOURT. It is a scene
of a young woman in summer, sitting under trees on a riverbank, a small
row boat on the river in front of her.
At first, we think this is a
country scene. On closer inspection,
however, we see a landing and
several buildings on the far bank,
and other boats on the water. It is
quite a crowded scene. However, the
intense brightness of Monet’s colors
makes the first impression one of
pure sunlight. One critic even
complained that the painting made
his eyes hurt. To achieve this effect,
Monet dispensed entirely with
underpainting as taught by the
Académie des Beaux-Arts. Instead,
he applied flat expanses of pure color directly onto the canvas, unmixed and
straight from the tube. The invention of the collapsible metal paint tube in
1841 led to the manufacture of ready-to-use oil colors. The painters could
conveniently pack these colors and take with them. No longer confined to
grinding colors in a studio, artists like Monet could now paint anywhere.
Monet eschewed the tedium of the academic program for painting. He
sought to capture the play of light quickly, before it changed. This was a
new, modern landscape.
In the summer of 1870, the Franco-Prussian War broke out and Monet
fled to London. Here he spent time with Pissarro and his future art dealer,
Paul Durand-Ruel. The disastrous loss of the major industrial regions of
Alsace and Lorraine to Prussia at the end of the war had an equally
disastrous impact on the French economy. The horror rocked Paris and
made people fearful. Courbet was imprisoned for a short time. In artists
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circles, the fear of being branded as an enemy of the state sent a chill
through everyone. After 1871, overt political commentary in French art
diminished. The challenge of the avant-garde was expressed increasingly as
a rebellion in style.
In 1873, just after returning to Paris, Monet painted IMPRESSION:
SUNRISE. The painting shows a view of the sun rising in the morning fog
over the harbor at Le Havre. The painting is rendered almost entirely as
color alone. The foreground is eliminated. The horizon line disappears
among steamships and docks in the background. Forms and atmosphere are
shimmering shapes in color. We find our bearings in this painting slowly,
but once we do, we feel the scene with our eyes. Monet registers the
intensity and shifting forms of a first sketch and renders it as the final work
of art. The criticism leveled against his paintings was that they were not
finished. The American painter Lilla Cabot Perry, who befriended Monet in
his later years, recalled him telling her:
“When you go out to paint, try to forget what objects you have before
you a tree, a house, a field, or whatever. Merely think, here is a little square
of blue, here an oblong of pink, here a streak of yellow, and paint it just as it
looks to you, the exact color and shape, until it gives your own naïve
impression of the scene before you” [9].
Ex. 1. Coping with Art Terms
This text uses a great number of art terms, your best strategy is to skim
it; skipping over any words, you don’t understand. Then read it a second
time and pay more attention to some of the terms – the ones that are used
several times or that seem important for understanding the main ideas. Often
you can figure these out from the context. Practice this skill with the
following words taken from the reading:
1) Underpainting. This term is very important to us. It denotes the
technique with which Monet dispensed entirely. It was taught by the
Académie des Beaux-Arts. Technique opposite to underpainting consists in
applying flat expanses of pure color directly onto the canvas, unmixed and
straight from the tube. Claude Monet used it.
Write a definition in your own words:
Underpainting consists in painting subsequently overlaid with …
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2) Impression is a key term of the text and of the studied movement
Verb
Noun
Adjective
include
shimmering
inspection
complain
manufacture
eschew
commentary
shifting
intensity
eliminate
as well. It is used in the text many times. Write a definition in your own
words:
Impression is an idea, feeling, or opinion about something or someone,
especially one …
3) Sketch. This is obviously an important term for the sphere of art.
Explain the meaning of this word in your own words:
Sketch is a rough or unfinished …
Ex. 2. Fill in the columns with the proper derivatives of the
following words whenever possible:
Ex. 3. Find the equivalents to the following word combinations in
the text:
a) сельская сцена;
b) бунт (восстание) в стиле;
c) вызывать у каждого мурашки по коже;
d) подружиться с кем-либо; стать другом кому-либо;
e) наносить ровные мазки;
f) отказаться от монотонности академической программы по
живописи;
g) переливающееся водное пространство.
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Ex. 4. Transform the following sentences with the Active Voice
into the sentences with the Passive Voice and translate them into
Russian:
1. He applied flat expanses of pure color directly onto the canvas,
unmixed and straight from the tube.
2. The painters could conveniently pack these colors and take with
them.
3. Monet eschewed the tedium of the academic program for
painting.
4. The horror rocked Paris and made people fearful.
5. The painting shows a view of the sun rising in the morning fog
over the harbor at Le Havre.
6. Monet painted the same subject dozens of times, under different
light conditions.
7. Most of the core members of the group develop new individual
styles.
8. In this canvas, the snow created discreet color harmonies in the
winter landscape.
9. Monet produces several views of Charing Cross Bridge and
Waterloo Bridge in the fog.
10. The American artist Mary Cassatt produced several scenes of
well-to-do women.
Ex. 5. Read the following fragment of the text about C. Monet’s
painting On the Bank of the Seine, Bennecourt. Insert an appropriate
preposition where it is needed. Translate it into Russian:
Claude Monet painted On the Bank of the Seine, Bennecourt in 1868.
Monet's bold handling … color reveals in a simple subject – his wife,
Camille, looking … the Seine … the suburb … Bennecourt – the power …
his innovative approach.
Working … patches of blue, ocher, and pink, Monet defines the setting
not … form and location but … the more elusive elements … light and
reflection.
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Ex. 6. Understanding the Text
Circle the word or phrase in parenthesis that best finishes each
sentence. Discuss your answers with a partner:
1. Many of Monet’s early works include shimmering expanses of
(sky / water).
2. To achieve this effect, Monet dispensed entirely with underpainting
as taught by (the Académie des Beaux-Arts / the system of Paris
Salon).
3. He sought to capture the play of light quickly, before it (changed /
disappeared).
4. In the summer of 1870, the Franco-Prussian War broke out and
Monet fled (to Rome / to London).
5. Monet’s painting Impression: Sunrise shows a view of the sun
rising in the morning fog over (the Seine / the harbor at Le Havre).
6. The horizon line disappears among steamships and docks in (the
background / foreground).
Ex. 7. Answer the following questions:
1. What do many of Monet’s early works include?
2. Who is depicted in Monet’s picture On the Bank of the Seine,
Bennecourt?
3. What can you think about this picture at your first look at it?
4. What details can you notice on your closer inspection? Is it really a
rural scene?
5. Why do you think one critic even complained that this picture made
hurt his eye?
6. What for did the artist apply flat expanses of pure color directly onto
the canvas, unmixed and straight from the tube?
7. What invention allowed the artists to conveniently pack oil colours
and take with them?
8. What did Monet seek to capture, eschewing the tedium of the
academic program for painting?
9. What made Monet flee to London?
10. When did he paint his famous picture Impression: Sunrise?
11. Why did the criticism level against his paintings?
12. Who was Lilla Cabot Perry?
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Ex. 8. Summarizing Paragraphs
Summarize the second, the third and the fourth .paragraphs of the
text. Use as few words as possible.
Paragraph: Many of Monet’s early works include shimmering
expanses of water, such as ON THE BANK OF THE SEINE,
BENNECOURT. It is a scene of a young woman in summer, sitting under
trees on a riverbank, a small row boat on the river in front of her.
Sample Summary: The painting the Bank of the Seine, Bennecourt by
Monet portrays a young woman in summer.
Ex. 9. Select any of the reproductions of Monet’s paintings and
discuss it in a group according to the following points:
The general data (the title and the name of the artist etc.).
The genre and contents of the picture (place, time and setting).
The composition and drawing (foreground and background). Say
whether the composition is symmetrical or not.
Colouring. Light and shade effects (tone masses, brushstrokes).
Your personal impression and judgment.
TEXT 3
Before You Read
Skimming
The title The Waterlily Pond Green Harmony does not give many
clues about the content of the text. To prepare yourself to read, take a
minute and quickly skim the whole text. Read the first paragraph, the first
sentence of a few middle paragraphs, and the concluding paragraph. Try to
answer these questions before you begin your first actual reading.
1) What is this text about?
2) How long will it take to read it? Will it take more than one sitting?
3) Will you need to read it more than once? (Does it seem difficult?)
4) Have you ever seen this picture of Monet’s?
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The Waterlily Pond Green Harmony
(1840 – 1926) – oil on canvas;
88.3x93.1 cm – Place of creation:
Giverny, France; Musée
d'Orsay, Paris
laid out the flower garden in a series of beds ablaze with colorful blooms.
Then the artist created a tranquil water garden. He filled the pond with
special hybrid waterlilies. He installed an arched wooden bridge, inspired by
those he had admired in Japanese prints. Monet visited his water garden at
least three times a day to study the changing light. This is one of 12
canvases painted from the same vantage point during the same year. They
were produced shortly after the death of Monet’s stepdaughter Suzanne.
They represent a peaceful paradise that offers solace in the face of
desolation. The eye is drawn to the mirrorlike surface of the pond and the
way the plants and bridge are reflected in the water. Horizontal brushstrokes
delineating the waterlilies are interrupted by the vertical strokes of lighter
green, showing the reflected vegetation above the pond. It is a hermetically
sealed world in which there is barely any suggestion of sky. Monet
continued to paint his waterlily pond until his death. Eventually the artist
created almost abstract canvases without reference to the banks or bridge.
The entire subject here is the surface of the water [4].
THE WATERLILY POND
GREEN HARMONY
“My garden is slow work, pursued by love,
and I do not deny that I am proud of it.”
C. Monet
Monet’s paintings of waterlilies
are the culminating achievement of
his career. For much of the last 33
years of his life, he devoted himself to
translating the moods and reflections
of his beloved pond into images of
transcendent beauty.
He had always painted the
gardens of the houses where he
lived. When he bought the house he
was renting in Giverny in 1890, he
finally had the chance to create a
garden entirely to his own taste. He
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Ex. 1. Putting Words into Sentences
Verb
Noun
Adjective
devote
arched
translate
suggestion
inspire
achievement
reflect
changing
delineate
Fill in the blanks with one of the words from the list below:
achievement
prints
canvases
reflection
brushstrokes
subject
surface
waterlily
vantage ablaze
1. The building is truly a remarkable ____________ and is the result of
much planning and hard work by all involved.
2. I discovered that the _____________ had opened its first flower.
3. Its value lies in introducing its ____________ matter to those.
4. The larger pieces are completed on __________while the smaller pieces
use a wooden surface without special knowledge.
5. Almost entirely covered with neatly cut pieces of finely printed paper,
the surfaces are also streaked with linear _________.
6. The painting's ___________ is covered with fine cracks.
7. It was a beautifully worked out theory and it explained most of the observed
phenomena of light such as __________, refraction, diffraction etc.
8. Apart from paintings, her work included _________ and designs for
stained glass and tapestries.
9. From my … point, I could see into the front garden.
10. New England is … with colour in autumn.
Ex. 2. Fill in the columns with the proper derivatives of the
following words whenever possible:
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