- •Unit 1 The history of arts
- •I Listen and remember the following words
- •II Read and remember the following phrases
- •III Read and translate the following text: The history of arts. Brief overview Part I
- •IV Answer the questions:
- •V Complete the sentences with the words from the text:
- •X Speak on the topic using the following words and word-combinations:
- •I Read and remember:
- •II Read the text and define the main idea of it:
- •The History of Arts
- •III Make up a plan of the text.
- •IV Translate the paragraph in italics in a written form.
- •V Questions for discussion:
- •VI Render the text in brief in a written form
- •I Mind the following words and word-combinations:
- •II Listen to the text. Decide if the statements are true or false:
- •III Listen to the text again and be ready to answer the questions:
- •Unit 2 The history of arts
- •The history of arts. Brief overview Part II
- •IV Answer the questions:
- •V Complete the sentences with the words from the text:
- •X Speak on the topic using the following words and word-combinations:
- •I Read and remember:
- •II Read the text and define the main idea of it: The Fashion 1900-1909
- •III Make up a plan of the text.
- •IV Translate the paragraph in italics in a written form
- •V Questions for discussion:
- •Unit 3 fashion history part I
- •I Listen and remember the following words:
- •II Read and remember the following phrases:
- •III Read and translate the following text:
- •X Speak on the topic using the following words and word-combinations:
- •I Read and remember:
- •II Read the text and define the main idea of it: World War I and after the War
- •III Make up a plan of the text.
- •IV Translate the paragraphs in italics in a written form.
- •V Questions for discussion:
- •Unit 4 fasion history part II
- •I Listen and remember the following words:
- •II Read and remember the following phrases:
- •III Read and translate the following text: Fashion evolution
- •IV Answer the questions:
- •V Complete the sentences with the words from the text:
- •X Speak on the topic using the following words and word-combinations:
- •I Read and remember:
- •II Read the text and define the main idea of it: Charles Frederick Worth industrializes fashion
- •III Make up a plan of the text.
- •IV Translate the paragraphs in italics in a written form.
- •V Questions for discussion:
- •Unit 5 Principles and elements of design
- •I Listen and remember the following words:
- •II Read and remember the following phrases:
- •Principles and elements of design
- •III Answer the questions:
- •IV Complete the sentences with the words from the text:
- •IX Speak on the topic using the following words and word-combinations:
- •I Read and remember:
- •II Read the text and define the main idea: Paul Poiret: The first designer
- •III Make up a plan of the text.
- •IV Translate the paragraph in Italics in a written form.
- •V Questions for discussion:
- •Unit 6 costume design
- •I Listen and remember the following words:
- •II Read and remember the following phrases:
- •III Read and translate the following text: The work of a designer
- •X Speak on the topic using the following words and word-combinations:
- •I Read and remember:
- •II Read the text and define the main idea of it:
- •III Make up a plan of the text.
- •IV Translate the paragraphs in italics in a written form.
- •V Questions for discussion:
- •Unit 7 theatrical costume
- •III Read and translate the following text: Theatrical costume
- •IV Answer the questions
- •X Speak on the topic using the following words and word combinations:
- •I Read and remember:
- •II Read the text and define the main idea of it.
- •III Read and translate the following text. Dance costume
- •IV Make up a plan of the text.
- •V Translate the paragraph in italics in a written form.
- •VI Questions for discussion:
- •Unit 8 scenic design
- •III Read and translate the following text Scenic design
- •IV Answer the questions:
- •V Complete the sentences with the words from the text:
- •X Speak on the topic using the following words and word combinations:
- •I Read and remember
- •II Read the text and define the main idea of it. Scenic makeup
- •Texts for listening
- •Leonardo da Vinci
- •The painter
- •Factors influencing fashion in the 16th century
- •First fashion publications
- •The importance of colour
- •The appearance of a costume designer profession
- •Musical-dance costumes
- •Makeup Artists
Texts for listening
UNIT 1
Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci was an Italian scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, painter, sculptor, architect, botanist, musician and writer. Leonardo has often been described as the archetype of the renaissance man, whose infinite curiosity was equaled only by his powers of invention. He is considered to be one of the greatest painters of all time and perhaps the most diversely talented person ever to have lived. Leonardo is renowned primarily as a painter. Two of his works, the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper, are the most famous, most reproduced portrait and religious painting of all time, respectively, their fame approached only by Michelangelo's Creation of Adam. Leonardo's drawing of the Vitruvian Man is also regarded as a cultural icon. As an engineer, Leonardo conceived ideas vastly ahead of his own time. He conceptualised a helicopter, a tank, concentrated solar power, a calculator. Relatively few of his designs were constructed or were even possible during his lifetime, but some of his smaller inventions, such as an automated bobbin winder and a machine for testing the tensile strength of wire, entered the world of manufacturing. As a scientist, he greatly advanced the state of knowledge in the fields of anatomy, civil engineering, optics, and hydrodynamics.
UNIT 2
The painter
On 25 October 1881 a little boy was born in Malaga, Spain. This baby grew up to be one of the 20th century’s greatest painters – Pablo Picasso.
Picasso showed his truly exceptional talent from a very young age. His first word was lapiz – Spanish for pencil, and he learned to draw before he could talk. He was the only son in the family and very good-looking, so he was thoroughly spoilt. His father was an amateur artist. Pablo often watched his father paint and sometimes was allowed to help. One evening his father was painting their pigeons when he had to leave the room. He returned to find that Pablo had completed the picture and it was so amazingly lifelike that he gave his son his own palette and brushes and never painted again. Pablo was just 13. Many people realized that he was a genius but he disappointed those who wanted him to become a traditional painter. He was always breaking the rules of artistic tradition and shocked the public with his strange and powerful pictures. His paintings of people were often made up of triangles and squares with their features in the wrong place. His work changed our ideas about art, and to millions of people modern art means the work of Picasso. He created over 6000 paintings, drawings and sculptures.
UNIT 3
Factors influencing fashion in the 16th century
Perhaps the single biggest factor influencing fashion in the sixteenth century was the wealth of European kingdoms and powerful city-states in Italy. Trade and exploration had led to a boom in the economies of Europe. And the textile or fabric industries were at the center of that boom. Wool production in England and silk production in Italy were especially important. These industries allowed for the creation of rich fabrics. At the same time tailors guilds or associations of craftsmen proved very skilled at turning these fabrics into luxurious clothes. The monarchs and the members of their court were enriched by these trends and could afford the most expensive clothes. But the guild members, traders and merchants who made up a growing middle class could also afford these clothes. The powerful kings and queens who led European nations believed that one of the ways that they could display their power was through their clothing. Powerful leaders had always set an example by their clothes.
UNIT 4