• Which of the above pictures would you put on walls in your flat?
• Which of the pictures do you like the best? Why?
• What's the most striking thing about it?
• What does it make you think of?
Painting (1937). By Ben Nicholson
Street Scene (1935). By L.S. Lowry
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A) Listen to someone talking about the paintings on page 178, than match the paintings (A-F) with the following comments about them (1-6).
1 I'd find it rather disturbing.
2 It's a very warm painting.
3 Suitable for a hall.
4 Interesting for a few moments.
5 I'd grow bored with it rather quickly.
6 A very peaceful painting.
B) Listen again and decide which pictures he would put on a wall in his home.
c) Work in pairs. Check each other's answers.
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1 Are you interested in any kinds of visual art?
Which of them is closer to you?
2 Would you like to know more about art and its history? Where can you find information about them?
3 Is there an art gallery in the place where you live? What does it exhibit?
How often do you go there?
4 Is there a particular artist whose works you enjoy most? What in this artist's work do you find attractive?
5 Which of the world-famous masterpieces would you like to see some day?
Why?
6 Do you think art should be an essential part of every person's life or it is meant for a selected few?
7 Should art be taught at school? What way?
At what age?
8 Do you think a person's artistic taste is inborn? Is it possible to develop it? In what way can one do it?
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1 a) Make up a questionnaire using the clues below.
1 you I enjoy I going to the theatre
2 how often I you I go to the theatre
3 how many times a year I you I go to the theatre
4 which I be I your favourite performance or show
5 you I enjoy I going to the cinema
6 how often I you I go to the cinema
7 which I be I your favourite film
8 you I enjoy I watching home videos
9 how often I you I watch videos I at home
10 which I be I your favourite video film 11 you I enjoy I watching TV films
12 how many times a week I you I watch TV films
13 which I be I your favourite series or a soap opera 14 you I enjoy I going to pop concerts
15 which I be I your favourite pop group or singer
16 how many times a month I you I go to a pop concert 17 you I ever! be I at a concert of classic music
18 you I like I it
19 you I ever I be I at the opera house
20 how many times a year I you I go to the ballet or opera
b) Work in pairs. Use your questionnaire and ask each other about your favourite entertainments. Make notes. Tell your classmates about your partner's favourite performances and performers. Say how often he/she goes out to entertain himself I herself.
@Read the dialogue. Then make up a similar one and dramatise it in pairs.
AFTER THE PERFORMANCE
George: Well, how did you enjoy the play, Margaret?
Margaret: Oh, enormously! I thought the production was really brilliant, and so was the acting.
George: If Nickolson hadn't been ill, it would have been even better. They say he's wonderful in the part of the inspector.
Margaret: But his understudy was very good too, particularly in the last act. Of course, the plot was rather absurd ...
George: It usually is in detective plays.
Margaret: Take the wife, for instance. She didn't behave like a normal human being at all. If she had only owned uptoherhusband, he would have settled the whole business in no time.
George: But she was supposed to be a dumb blonde. And if she hadn't been, there wouldn't have been a plot, would there?
George: But then the audience would a failure['feJ!ja]
have had to go home at the end of insight['msaJt]
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George: It's a pity you didn't write the play, Margaret. If you had, you would have made a much better job of it. The wife would have confessed to her husband, he would have told the inspector, and there wouldn't have been any corpses. A much better play altogether. Not a thriller, of course ...
(3) a) Change the following sentences into the opposites.
1 They say his new play is a complete failure with the public.
2 Everybody agrees that X. was at the worst yesterday.
3 This play is still on at the Art Theatre.
4 My friend said that he had enjoyed every minute of the play.
5 N.'s acting was true to life.
6 When one sits on the front rows one has a good view of the performances.
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b) In pairs, study the advertisements below and discuss what you
would choose to see. Use some of the sentences you wrote in (a).
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This innovative programme features a charming mix of the modern and the classic. Antony Tudor's brilliant choreography unites with Arnold
Schoenberg's moving score to create Pillar of Fire, an intense psychological
first performed in 1942. Also on the programme is the smash hit
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A Town. By S. Rybak Water-mill. By V. Shtenberg
Still-life. By A. Manevich
The Bridge. By 0. Ekster
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b) Work in groups. Speak about each picture. Use the phrases from the 'Useful Phrases' box below. Don't forget to mention:
• the subject (what is represented or depicted unit)
• the composition (how the space of the picture is used)
• the colours {how different colours are handled)
• the details (what are they and how they are related to the subject)
• the general impression the picture makes
USEFUL PHRASES
Some helpful words and phrases to describe a picture :
• the space of the picture is symmetrically I asymmetrically divided;
• in the foreground I background I far distance;
• the shapes echo with each other I contrast each other;
• the picture is painted in warm I cold co1ours;
• the dominating colours are ...;
• the colours are bright, pale, brilliant, intense, luminous, soft, pure, pastel, delicate, etc.;
• the colours contrast with each other I blend together;
• the sitter I model .
These words describe a positive impression of a picture:
• a masterpiece that can (could) stand the test of time;
In European art in the late 18th and early 19th centuries there appeared a group of artists who followed their feelings and (0) emotions rather than logical thought or reason, and who preferred wild, natural beauty to things made by man. Realism followed Romanticism in the 19th century. (1) ... paintings show things as they really are, as they appear to most people. In the 20th century there appeared such art movements as Impressionism, Surrealism, such styles as (2) ... and Expressionism.
Impressionism was founded in France in the 1870s by Claude
Monet and his friends. They painted outdoors and developed a sketchy, 'impressionistic' style, trying to capture the changing (3) ... of natural light.
Surrealism appeared in the 20th century. Salvador Dali ['da:li] and Rene Magritte ['renet md'gri:t] were famous (4) .... In their works they used strange dreamlike (5) ....
Pablo Picasso became one of the most famous modern artists, working
in many different styles from delicate pastels to striking Cubist (6) ... where he wasn't trying to create lifelike pictures. He distorted space and broke things up into angular (7) .... This style became known as Cubism.
At the beginning of the 20th century in Germany there developed a style
known as Expressionism. Expressionist artists use exaggerated shapes and
(8) ... to try to convey feelings, as in the works of Edward Munch [mook].
Abstract art became popular in the 20th century. It doesn't mirror real people or things, but is an (9) ... of shapes and colours.
@ Complete the text with the appropriate participle forms of the verbs from the box.
see, crawl, be tired, try, dress up, find, whisper,
lose, check, feel, cry, draw, push, be
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One day an actor went to the zoo, and while (0) being there, he tried, (1)
... his job the day before, to earn some money as a street performer, (2) ...
his artistic skills at the same time.
A crowd, (3) ... by his performance, started to gather around him. (4) ... that, a zoo manager invited him into his office. The actor was offered a job, to take the place of their lost gorilla.
The next day, (5) ... as a gorilla, he was entertaining visitors, (6)
... to catch a glimpse of his show.
After a while, the crowd, (7) ... of his jokes, turned to the tiger's cage, next to his own. (8) ... envious, he began teasing the tiger. The tiger, absolutely
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There is nothing but art. Art is living. To attempt to give an object of art life by dwelling on its historical, cultural or archaeological association is senseless.
(W. Somerset Maugham 'The Summing Up')
The true function of art is to... edit nature and so make it coherent and lovely.
(H. L. Mencken)
One is never tired of painting, because you have to set down, not what you knew already, but what you have just discovered.
(William Hazlitt 'The Pleasure of Painting')
Art is long and life is fleeting.
(H. W. Longfellow)
The perfection of art is to conceal art.
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All art is but imitation of nature.
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Hi,
I saw Shrek 2 for the first time yesterday. Loved it. It's about an ugly but lovable green ogre -that's Shrek -who's married to an ugly but lovable green Princess Fiona. They live in a swamp , but they go to see Fiona's parents in the Kingdom
of Far, Far Away, which is really like a cross between Los Angeles ,
Hollywood and Disneyland . The king cannot accept Shrek as a son-in law, and Shrek decides to drink a magic potion1 to make him handsome and Fiona beautiful. There's also a nasty Fairy Godmother and a horrible self-centred but fantastically handsome Prince Charming , her son, who wants to take Shrek's place and become Fiona's husband . In the end, of course , Shrek and Fiona end up together , as ugly as ever.
I think the point of the film is that if you love someone , it doesn't matter about the colour of his I her skin or look. When Fiona thinks that Prince Charming is Shrek , she can't fall in love with him, even though he is so fantastically good-looking. What matters is the character of the person.
You know, in most Hollywood films , everyone is so good-look ing, and it
is really nice to have main characters who are ugly. And althougb we live in a culture where everyone wants to be beautiful, when watching the film you don't want Fiona and Shrek to change
-you want them to stay the ugly people they are.
And the film's great fun -full of humour. Especially the Donkey (Eddie Murphy's voice) . And visually it's brilliant.
The animation is unbelievable. It was directed by Andrew Adamson . Although it's a cartoon , the
facial expressions of the cartoon characters are very realistic and believable -even the Donkey's. So there were
plenty of moments where I had a good laugh, and the film leaves you with a smile on
A: Vasiliev was very talented, and his work is distinguished by a roman tic perception of life and nature.
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1 Well, it's really difficult to choose among such a lot of masterpieces of
world painting . But I remember being charmed by one landscape. It depicts the approach of a thunderstorm and is painted with great talent. The artist was able to impart a sinister atmosphere of the coming storm.
Only I can't remember what the picture is called or the name of the painter.
2 Oh, I enjoyed it. I have never seen such a rich collection of Russian painting.
3 That's right.
4 Well, it's a forest scene. The time is late summer or early autumn. Many leaves on the trees are already of reddish-yellow colour. A threatening cloud covers the sky. You get an impression that the next moment it will start raining.
5 The landscape in the picture looks very romantic.
6 Yes. The artist enlivens the landscape by two women driving geese along a little wooden bridge cross a stream in the foreground ...
7 Yes.
'7 Role-play the situation in pairs.
You and your friend want to visit an exhibition of pictures. Discuss with him/her which one of the options below is the best place to go.
• an exhibition of pictures by Ukrainian artists of the 19th-20th centuries and avant-garde works
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• an exhibition ofT. Shevchenko's paintings and drawings
• an exhibition of the Ukrainian folk arts of the 15th-20th centuries
• an exhibition of the Italian Renaissance of 17th-18th centuries
You begin the conversation and have to decide on which option (only one) to choose . Remember to:
1 discuss all the options;
2 take an active part in the conversation and be polite;
3 come up with ideas;
4 give good reasons ;
5 find out your friend's attitudes and take them into account;
6 invite your friend's attitudes and take them into account ;
7 invite your friend to come up with suggestions ;
8 come to an agreement.
8' In groups, discuss the following items.
1 What makes good art? Do you think art can be great if it is not linked with the people's lives, their interests and ideals? Give your reasons .
2 How does art help us understand the outside world?
3 What purpose does true art serve?
4 Share your opinions: Real art appeals to the heart and mind of man,
to his feelings and ideals and it proclaims life. Art is life, pretence of art is death.
5 True art elevates the mind and the soul of the people . ·
191Do the project 'A Gallery of Compositions' and write about your vision
Nof art's role in modern society. Follow the instructions below.
1 Read what is said by Carolyn Wardle about art and its functions and think if you agree or disagree. Decide if you agree with all the points or only with some of them.
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2 Think what you are going to add in order to expand the information from the quotation by giving your own examples and opinions and making a general comment on the subject. Draw a spidergraph of the ideas you are about to develop in your composition, if you find it helpful and necessary to do.
3 Write a list of expressions, which may be useful when you are going to express agreement or disagreement in your composition.
4 Write a draft copy of your composition. It should contain about 90 words.
Check it carefully for grammar and vocabulary mistakes. Look also at how you have expressed and justified your opinion. Look at how your ideas are expressed (if it is clear what you want to say or not) and organised in the paragraphs.
5 Make all necessary corrections and write a neat copy of your composition.
6 In a group, arrange a gallery of works. Compare your composition with one or two works of your classmates and make judgemene on the following.
• Whose composition is the most interesting one for the reader?
• Whose thoughts and ideas expressed in it are the most original ones?
• Whose ideas are expressed and organised in a very clear and thoughtful way?
• Who is the best at finding examples to support his or her point of view?
• Who has made no or only few grammar or vocabulary mistakes?
• Whose spelling is the best one?
• What are the strong and weak points of each of you as a writer?
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G) a) Read the information and put 6-8 questions to it.
Reviewsare brief descriptions of books, films, COs, TV programmes, etc. They can be either formal or semi-informal in style , depending on the type of publications they appear in and who the target readers are. They are published in newspapers, journals, periodicals or magazines.
The purpose of a review is twofold: to inform readers, viewers or listeners, and to express an opinion or recommendation about a book, a film or a TV programme. Therefore, reviews not only describe, but also evaluate books, films, TV programmes or COs.
A review usually consists of:
• an introductionwhich briefly states all the background information concerning a book I film I TV programme , etc. (the title, the type, the author or director, the theme, main characters, etc.);
• a bodyconsisting of two or more paragraphs giving an outline of the plot (you should NOT under any circumstances reveal the end), including an evaluation of and comments on various features, such as the direction, acting, cast, main characters, plot, sound effects, screen play, special effects, music, etc., or to put it briefly, all the good and bad points of the film, book, etc.;
• a conclusionwhich includes a general assessment and/or a recommendation supported by relevant reasons.
We often use present tenseswhen reviewing a film, a book, etc. to make the description vivid and lively. We also use a variety of adjectivesto make it more interesting and appealing to the reader.
b) Work in pairs. Role-play the interview between a professional critic and a journalist who is interested in what a good review is. Use your questions and the information above.
0Match review parts (1-3) with their contents (a-c).
1 Introductory paragraph achronological outline of the plot with
2 Body paragraphs an evaluation of various features
3 Concluding paragraph bgeneral assessment and/or possible
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The film is everything what most of others are not. It is deep, sincere and magnificent. Make sure you don't miss it.
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a) Work in pairs. Choose a film you like and make notes sing the following headings and prompts.
Director?······································································································ Main Character I Starring? ··········································································
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