МИСТЕЦТВО. ЖАНРИ ЖИВОПИСУ

Match the words with similar meanings 

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

work of art painting artist depict art gallery paint type prominent

a) b) c) d) e) f) g) h)

draw show museum outstanding masterpiece painter picture style

Read and match the words with their definitions.

1. painting	a) a picture made using very small pieces of glass or stone
2. drawing	b) a picture made using paint
3. photograph	c) pots, bowls etc. made of clay
4. mosaic	d) a work of art made of materials such as stone, metal, or wood
5. collage	e) a picture drawn with pencils or pens
6. sculpture	f) a picture made by sticking paper, cloth, or other pictures onto a surface
7. ceramics	g) a picture made using a camera

Complete the sentences using the words.

Portrait, painter, landscape, painters, majestic effect, marine, canvases, inner world, 

romantic passion.

1. John Constable, the greatest of English _______, came from Suffolk .

2. Constable was an acute observer of nature and had a ________ for light.

3. Thomas Gainsborough succeeded brilliantly as a___________.

 4. The painting which portrays the conflict of wind and tide created a___________

   5. Turner’s ________ reveal the grand beauty of the sea.

    6. Reynolds succeeded in ____ the sitters’ ____________________.

Find eight words connected with art and use some of them in plural to complete 

the sentences below.

g	n	i	t	n	i	a	p	t	n
b	o	a	m	o	n	p	l	j	o
r	f	s	s	i	l	o	y	g	i
z	p	i	c	t	u	r	e	n	t
q	k	t	u	c	m	t	v	i	i
o	v	t	l	e	g	r	d	w	b
s	h	n	p	l	n	a	d	a	i
r	b	i	t	l	r	i	a	r	h
q	t	a	o	o	p	t	h	d	x
p	j	p	r	c	b	x	c	e	e

painting  portrait exhibition  collection paint  picture drawing  sculptor

Read the text and circle the correct word.
     Art museums preserve numerous masterpieces/landscapes which prove that art painting goes back thousands of years. Even now we admire the mosaic and fresco pictures/images, icons that have survived through hundreds of years. Among the best-known portraits /icons is The Trinity by Andriy Rublev, a portraitist/painter who opened a new era in world painting.
    The works of painters, whether Italian, German, English, Dutch, Ukrainian, French or Spanish are always marked by a profound humanism and are reflected/ inspired by innovatory ideas.
The names of the greatest impressionists / specialist realists C. Monet, Renoir and Degas are well-known for their individual blossoming fields, so beloved by Claud Monet, the world seems to be constantly changing and shimmering.
Augusto Renoir’s favourite theme /topic is the bright crowd of a merry Parisian festival. Painters Cézanne and Van Gogh portrayed/expressed in their works the desire to return to an integrated perception of the world.
   In the middle of the nineteenth century, Ukrainian art found itself under the strong inspiration/influence of Taras Shevchenko’s art and verse. He created emotionally attractive still-life paintings/images and acquired his own vision of Ukrainian folk / rural life.
   Lovely Ukrainian natural scenes/sceneries inspired many Ukrainian and other painters to create poetic landscapes/portraits. Nowadays, Ukrainian art probably develops every well-known genre/trend, ranging from Neorealism to post-modernism.