Министерство образования и науки РФ
Федеральное государственное бюджетное образовательное
учреждение высшего профессионального образования
«Иркутский государственный лингвистический университет»
А.Н. Войткова
FINDING YOUR WAY
THROUGH ARTS
Иркутск
ИГЛУ
2011
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ББК 81.43.1 – 923
B 65
Печатается по решению редакционно-издательского совета Иркутского
государственного лингвистического университета
Рецензент: канд.пед.наук, доцент кафедры американистики ГОУ ВПО «ИГЛУ»
Анненкова А.В.
Войткова А.Н.
Г 37 Finding your way through arts: учеб. пособие / А.Н. Войткова. – Иркутск:
ИГЛУ, 2011. – 115 с.
Учебное пособие содержит обширный аутентичный текстовой материал по актуальным
проблемам межкультурной коммуникации.
Пособие состоит из 15 разделов, раскрывающих основные дискуссионные моменты темы
“Arts”: академическое искусство, скульптура, виды и течения современного искусства, музеи и
галереи, а также киноиндустрия, музыка, танцы и т.д.
Предназначено для студентов среднего (средне-продвинутого) уровня, обучающихся в
вузах с расширенной сеткой преподавания английского языка, а также для студентов 2-4 курса
лингвистического университета неязыковой направления «Музеология и охрана объектов
культурного наследия». Настоящее пособие направлено на формирование профессиональной
дискурсивной иноязычной компетенции в сфере искусствоведение.
ББК 81.43.1 – 923
© Войткова А.Н., 2011
© Иркутский государственный
лингвистический университет, 2011
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Contents:
1. Introduction to art. Types of arts.
2. Active topical vocabulary.
Steps how to evaluate a painting
Culture vultures
3. Art for art’s sake
4. Art styles & preferences
5. Art for heart’s sake
6. Talking about art & artists
7. Talking about classical art
8. Talking about modern art
Famous artists. Peredvizniki
9. Museums & galleries
Eggsistential guide to eating your art out
Arguing for & against: Modern art
Abstract art
Impressionism & Postimpressionism
Van Gogh’s chair
Artist’s eye. Klod Monet
Abstract expressionism. Let’s meet Andy Warhol
Do great minds think alike?
Discussing sculptures
Museum audiences
Types of museum
Etymology of the word “museum”
Arguing for & against “All visits to museums should be free”
Supplements
10. Supplement 1: Salvador Dali’s self-portrat
11. Supplement 2: Mandalas
12. Supplement 3: Branches of modern art
13. Supplement 4:Painting of Alfred Stevens's ‘Le Bain’
14. Supplement 5: Graffiti
15. Supplement 6: In black & white. Mezzotints
16. Supplement 7: Art through movies
World-famous museums
17. Supplement 8: Additional activity. Upside-down Art
18. Supplement 9: Art through music
Frida
Goya’s Ghosts
A Girl with a pearl ring
Отголоски прошлого
Surviving Picasso
19. Supplement 10: Art through dancing
R Movies: ‘Step up 1’ & ‘Step up 2’
Milestones of popular music
The uses of music
Music helps the mind
Personalities in music
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Arguing for & against “All works of art should be returned to the
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Part 1
INTRODUCTION
One stereotype all over the world is that a culture where television,
sport & other forms of popular entertainment overshadow the arts. In
fact, a lot of people are deeply committed to arts. Not only do many of them today
attend arts events than sport events, but almost as many of them go to art museums
as to pop concerts.
1.1. Brainstorming
A) Which things generally come under the heading of “the
arts”?
fields of
ballet novel painting
Match the ideas in the table into the
arts
drama
cinema theatre short stories
poetry sculpture biographies
ivory pottery architecture
concerts (classical / rock /
country / western…..) opera
dance ceramics biography short
story photography
b) Complete
box above
each sentence with a word from the
1. I really enjoy going to the …… The costumes the orchestra, the singing - it
makes me forget the whole world.
2. The mayor dedicated the new …….. that stands in Memorial Park.
3. I just read a new ….. of Mother Teresa that tells about her life with the poor in
Calcuta.
4. In my …… course, we are learning to make bowls & vases by hand
5. I read a great …. on the subway this morning. It was only five pages long.
6. If you want to study ……., you need to be in a very good physical condition.
7. There’s …………… exhibition in the Arts center that has a lot of wonderful
Black & white landscape picture.
8. I like to read ………… that rhymes out loud
9. I really dislike a lot of modern …………….. in this city. Steel & glass buildings
look so cold & in human.
10. I just started reading a new ……. by my favorite author. The first chapter was a
little confusing but there some great characters.
11. The drama club is going to put on a …………… by William Shakespeare
12. My mother took lessons in oil ………… & now she’s done portraits of everyone
in the family.
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13. My younger brother is very interested in ………………….& hopes to be a stage
actor when he’s older.
14. The traditional ……….. of my country uses a lot of drums & flutes.
C) The following are parts of newspaper reviews of visual and
performing arts and literature. Identify the subject of each (film,
novel etc.) and give at least six words which helped you to
decide.
(a)
The first movement is dominated by the strings with only occasional percussion
participation. So many bows dancing in unison made this a visual as well as an aural
delight and I abandoned my score to watch. In the second movement the wind section
takes command, and with such vigour that the baton seems to struggle to keep up rather
than the reverse. For once I did not envy the man on the rostrum, and was content with
my seat in the stalls.
(b) His favourite medium is now oil, and the canvas which dominates this show, a stilllife
of bottles, is a masterpiece of representational skill (his early abstracts and collages
were never good). His technique is superb. The brush-strokes are invisible, the bottles
real. Every section of his palette is used. I shall never again think of bottles as
colourless. Every hue of the spectrum is there.
(c) Her weaknesses are characterisation and dialogue. Her strengths are plot and
feeling for place. Her characters are two-dimensional, their words wooden, but the
events are plausible and the places vividly depicted. The setting is now Mexico City,
now Tokyo, now Johannesburg. The twist at the end defies prediction. For once the
blurb on the back is true. It says, 'Unputdownable'.
(d) This new young choreographer has given us an exciting and unconventional piece.
Called simply Mixture, it is indeed influenced by classical, folk, progressive and even
tap and ballroom besides. The men are agile and athletic, the girls loose-limbed and
supple. The leaps are high, the pirouettes prolonged. What more can you want? The
night I went they received a standing ovation.
(e)
First-night nerves are notorious, but I have never heard so many lines fluffed, so
many cues missed. The prompter was busy last night and the director (and doubtless the
backers) in tears. I do not expect this piece to have a long run, but critical reception and
box-offices success are often two very different things and, if it does survive, it will
have been saved by a number of well-played supporting roles and a stunning set. But the
final curtain cannot, I think, be far off.
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1.2. a) Look at the photo of Tate Modern art gallery in London.
Which kind of art from the box do you think you can see there?
Concert play painting photography literature dance film programme
installation poetry sculpture opera ballet video cultural objects gig
b)What kind of art can you see or experience in the places (a-f)?
Match the words the box above to each place:
a)in a gallery
b)at a theatre
c) at a music venue /
concert hall / opera house
d)in a museum
e) in a library
f) at home (on your
computer or DVD)
c) You are going to hear six short conversations. Where are the
people? Match the conversations (1-6) to the places mentioned
above.
Listen again & put down the key words that make you think
about a certain place
d) In pairs look at the map for a gallery, then make similar word
maps for other mentioned places.
photograph
y
exhibition
places / things
sculpture
exhibit
e) In groups answer the questions.
When did you last go to one of the places? What did you
see? Who were you with?
What kind of art do you like & don’t you like?
What kind of art can you see or experience in the places?
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photographer
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In a gallery/ in a theater /at a music venue (concert hall,
opera house)/in a museum /in a library/at home (on your
computer or TV)
1.3.
a) Consult a dictionary how to pronounce the following proper
names
Mozart ……………………. Beethoven ……………………. Leonardo da Vinci
……………………. ………. Bach ……………………. Rodin ……………….
Vrubel ……………………. Paganini ………………. Stradivari ……………….
Malevich ……………………. Van Gogh ……………………. Eiffel ………….
Shaliapin ………………. Picasso ……………. Kandinski…………………….
b) Try your luck with this quiz. Fill in the squares and read the
proverb.
1. Who was born in Germany and created the most admired organ music of all time?
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2. Who was born in Austria and became the music wonder of the world by the age of
10?
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3. Who looked like Mephistopheles and was a virtuoso violinist? □□□□□□ □□
4. Who was born in Russia and is considered to be the greatest bass singer in the
history of opera? □□□□□□□□□
5. Who painted the famous woman with a mysterious smile? □□□□□□ □□□□□□
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6. Who cut off one of his ears? □□□□□□□
7. Who shocked the world with his famous Black Square?. □□□□□□□□
8. Who created the famous tower which offers a dazzling view of Paris? □□□□□□
9. Who was' born in Moscow and is considered to be the founder of abstract art?
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10. Who founded cubism and continued to paint pictures at the age of 80? □□□□□□□
11. Who composed his last works when he was completely deaf? □□□□□□□□□
12. Who created The Thinker and The Kiss and is considered to be the most celebrated
sculptor of the French Romantic school? □□□□□
13. Who illustrated Lermontov's The Demon and became haunted by the image?
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14. Who became famous all over the world for his high-quality violins?
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Part 2
2.1. Active Topical Vocabulary to talk about
paintings & sculpture
CONVERSATION AND DISCUSSION
1. Paintings & sculpture. Genres:
a) Explain the meaning of the words in English. Consult an
English-English dictionary if necessary.
an oil painting
a canvas,
a water-colour picture
a pastel picture
a sketch
a study
an etching
an engraving
a family portrait
a group portrait
a ceremonial portrait
a
a
landscape
seascape
a self-portrait
a genre painting
a historical painting
a
still
life
a battle piece
a
a masterpiece
b) Match the words with the pictures
sculpture
drawing
sketch
flower piece
a shoulder-length portrait
half-length portrait
knee-length portrait
full-length portrait
ink
crayon
statue
painting
c) Say: What is the difference between: a drawing and a painting? a statue
and a sculpture? a painting and a drawing? a sketch & a study?
2. Painters and their craft:
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a) Explain the meaning of the words in English. Consult an
English-English dictionary if necessary.
a self-taught artist
a prominent artist
a portrait painter
a mature artist
landscape painter
sought-after artist
seascape painter
b) Match the first part of the phrase with the other one &
make up sentences with the them.
Part 1
1. to paint from
2. to capture
3. to conform to
4. to break with
5. to expose
6.to become
7.to die
8. to specialize in
9. to depict
10. to portray
tradition
your attention
nature / memory / imagination,
the dark sides of life,
the taste of the period
forgotten & penniless
portraiture / still life,
famous overnight,
a person / a scene of…
emotions with moving
sincerity
Part 2
1. to reveal
2.to develop
3. to render
4. to interpret
5. to excel in
6.to draw
7.to paint smth
8. to draw smth
9. to paint with
10. to
one’s styles of painting
the person's nature
the personality of...,
painting marine subjects
the personality of...,
insipartion from
in oils
in pencil
broad brushstrokes
3. Composition of a painting.
Get familiar with the prepositional phrases below. To practice
using them get any picture to describe its contents to the
student. Give the students the following instructions: follow the
descriptions of the picture (drawing) & draw its contents as
close to the original as possible only listening to the
instructions.
in the
foreground
in the middle ground
in the background,
in the top left-hand corner;
in the bottom left-hand corner;
lower
upper
on the right hand-side
on the right hand-side
to the left of the picture
just a little to the right
in the distance
directly opposite
up close
Insert the right prepositions ‘against, into, in’
to place the figures ………… the
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landscape background
to merge ………… a single entity,
to be represented ………
standing.../sitting.../talking...,
to be silhouetted ………. an open
sky
the picture is done mostly ……..
bright colors / tones
You might also nee the following phrases when you
describe the composition of a painting.
The painter arranges all objects
(a) symmetrically
Be scarcely discernible
to convey a sense of space
the picture is well done technically
the artist defines the nearest figures sharply
The picture conveys the idea of ..
It depicts the details very vividly / realistically
4. Colouring.
subtle colours
gaudy colours
the artists combine form & color into
harmonious unity
green colors predominate;
the colours may be:
cool and restful
hot and agitated
soft and delicate
The picture is muted in colour;
a perfect match of colors
daub (dauber)
tint
hue
garish = gaudy
somber
dull
oppressive,
harsh;
5. Impression. Judgment: Consult the dictionary how to read the
adjectives below.
the picture may be:
moving & lyrical
romantic & lovely
obscure and unintelligible
disconcerting
eyesore
boring
dull
chaotic
bizarre
weird
striking
baffling
depressing
disappointing
cheap and vulgar
ambiguous
captivating
sentimental
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poetic in tone and atmosphere,
an exquisite piece of
painting,
an unsurpassed master piece,
a colourless daub of paint
complicating
annoying
the body in the picture is a bit exaggerated
the figures in the picture are a bit distorted
to accentuate smth
to symbolize smth
to emphasize contours purposely
It depicts a scene of .. with precision
It contains nuance of meaning
If you take a close look at….
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