Topical vocabulary

1. General terminology

amateur

an amateur painter; amateurish

art

antique art; applied art (pottery, glass, jewellery, weaving and textile design, embroidery); Fine Arts; folk art; graphic (black-and-white) art (drawing, engraving, etching, lithography, hence: engraver, etcher, lithographer); (the) Academy of Arts; a work of art; art-collector; art critic; art history; art historian; art-lover; art student; art teacher

artist

a fashionable / self-taught / mature artist

a graphic artist

e.g. Rembrandt was great not only as a painter but as a graphic artist.

Note. The name of an artist can be used like a common noun to denote a work by him. e.g. It looks like a Gauguin. How did you like the Goya? The Hermitage has the largest collection of Rembrandts in the world.

artistic

artistic skill; artistic taste

benefactor, patron

block (in/out) набрасывать вчерне

to block in a picture (drawing)

connoisseur (in/of), expert (in)

crayon 1) цветной карандаш; цветной мелок; пастель; 2) рисунок цветным карандашом, пастелью

daub n плохая картина, мазня; v малевать

dauber плохой художник

depict v

e. g. The drawing depicts a sleeping child.

easel

exhibition

art exhibition; special exhibition; permanent exhibition; one-man exhibition; centenary/bicentenary exhibition; exhibition hall; exhibition of (e. g. English water-colours); (name of artist) exhibition:

e. g. There’s going to be a Turner exhibition next month. When does the Turner exhibition open?

to organize, arrange, hold, mount an exhibition

master

old masters 1) старые мастера, 2) картины старых мастеров

masterpiece

miniature

in miniature; a portrait in miniature

moderns современные художники

nude (n, a)

a study from the nude, to draw from the nude, to see a model in the nude; a nude model (figure), a nude male (female) model, the study of the nude form, to render the nude form, a semi-nude figure

e. g. Famous nudes by famous painters.

The picture is not only one of Rubens’s most beautiful studies of the nude...

oil(s) (обычно pl) 1. масляная краска

to paint in oils; a sunset view in oil; oil painting; an oil sketch

2. картина, написанная маслом

e. g. He gathered up the various oils he had done.

paint (n, v)

to paint from life /nature / memory / imagination; to paint mythological / historical subjects

a box of paints (paint-box); a paint brush

painter

animal painter; painter of battle-pieces; easel painter; icon painter; genre painter; landscape painter; portrait painter (portraitist); painter of sea-scapes / marine painter; still-life painter

painting 1. живопись

battle painting; easel painting; genre painting; historical painting; landscape painting; monumental painting; mural painting; portrait painting; seascape painting; still-life painting

2. картина (cf. picture, canvas)

an oil / water-colour painting; a painting of the nude

palette 1. палитра (небольшая тонкая доска, на которой художник смешивает краски)

2. палитра (колорит художника)

e. g. (a) His palette was covered with shrunken hard blobs of paint.

(b) Now all you need to do is lighten your palette and learn how to paint living, luminous air.

pastel

a pastel picture; a pastel painter (pastel[l]ist)

portray v

e. g. The famous writer is portrayed sitting at his desk.

pose (n, v)

to pose naked; to pose sitting or standing; to pose for a painter

e.g. 1) “Then you’ll begin posing for me next week?” - “Is this all I got to do, just sit?” - “That’s all. Sometimes you’ll have to stand or pose naked.”

2) Animals are given with their particular gait or pose or expressions.

3) “I’m ready,” said the model. “Will you pose me?”

render v is used in the sense of “reproduce by artistic means”, generally with an adverbial modifier.

e. g. The painter has rendered the child’s expression of wonder very well.

catch and capture occur in a similar sense, usually without an adverbial modifier.

e. g. I have caught the effect I wanted - the half-parted lips, and the bright look in the eyes. The painter has succeeded in capturing the inner life of his sitter.

reproduction

a coloured reproduction; a reproduction in black-and-white

rough in v набpасывать ( a rough sketch)

screever художник, рисующий свои картины мелком прямо на тpотуаpе (sl.)

sense is used in the expression a sense of with two meaning:

1. a feeling for, e. g. The artist has a good/fine/wonderful sense of colour/line/form/composition.

2. an impression of, e. g. The artist has created a sense of space/movement.

sit

to sit for one's portrait, to sit for (to) an artist

sitting cеанс

sitter (subject, model)

sketch (n, v)

an oil sketch; a pencil sketch; a preliminary sketch; to make sketches of landscapes; a sketch block (book); to sketch from memory

sketchy

e. g. The oils were a little raw and sketchy.

studio

study этюд, эскиз, набросок

a study of a head; a study in oil; preparatory studies; an inspired and passionate study

treat v

e. g. His subjects are simply and broadly treated.

treatment

e. g. The treatment of trees and foliage in this sketch shows the tremendous freedom Rubens permitted himself in making these preparatory studies.

trend

e. g. The Unexpected (by Repin) established a new trend in Russian genre painting.

view 1. вид, картина (особенно пейзаж); 2. вид, точка зрения

a large view of Dedham Vale; a view on the river