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Enjoying The Arts: What Is Fine Art?

This document contains an assignment on the theme of enjoying the arts. It includes questions about fine art, famous modern artists, London art galleries, and most visited art museums. It also contains multiple choice and true/false questions about famous artists such as John Constable, Pablo Picasso, Michelangelo, and their major works. Vocabulary related to different art forms and styles is provided to identify. The document examines the financial challenges faced by artists and using the phrase "make both ends meet". It concludes with a prompt to agree or disagree with a quotation about the role of artists in society.

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Enjoying The Arts: What Is Fine Art?

This document contains an assignment on the theme of enjoying the arts. It includes questions about fine art, famous modern artists, London art galleries, and most visited art museums. It also contains multiple choice and true/false questions about famous artists such as John Constable, Pablo Picasso, Michelangelo, and their major works. Vocabulary related to different art forms and styles is provided to identify. The document examines the financial challenges faced by artists and using the phrase "make both ends meet". It concludes with a prompt to agree or disagree with a quotation about the role of artists in society.

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Date: __________________ Name: Group: _________________

The Theme: Enjoying the Arts


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Ex.1 Answer the following questions.
1. What is Fine Art?

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2. Who are the world’s most famous artists of the modern era?

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3. What are the major London Art Galleries?
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4. List at least 10 most visited art museums and art galleries in the world.

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Ex.2 p.72 Read the text


3. Discuss the answers to the questions on the text:
1. Which are John Constable’s best known paintings?
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2. What made Raphael such a great painter?

3. What kind of pictures were painted by Pablo Picasso?

4. What art movement was led by Pablo Picasso?


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5. Who was Michelangelo Buonarroti? Why is he famous?

6. What are the most impressive works produced by Michelangelo

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4. Express the following in one word:


a. great artist (line 4);
b. an artist who makes sculptures (22);
c. the art of painting with water-colours
on wet plaster (27);
d. a work of outstanding artistry, skill, or
workmanship (35);
e. a picture representing an area of countryside (45).
5. Decide if these statements are true or false.
1. Sistine Madonna is a water-colour. ____________________
2. Mademoiselle Pogany is an engraving._____________________
3. David was sculptured by Constantin Brăncuşi.______________
4. Pablo Picasso was often called Il Divino.______________
5. John Constable was famous for woodcarving.___________________
6. Guernica shows the tragedies of war and the suffering it inflicts upon individuals,
particularly innocent civilians.____________________
7. The Hay Wain, a painting by John Constable, depicts a rural scene on the River Stour in
Suffolk.___________

6. Look at the words in the box. Find


– seven words for specific types of works of art.
– eight words for styles of painting.
– four adjectives to describe masterpieces.
caricature, great, cubism, fresco, famous, expressionism, landscape, best-known, classicism, most
influential, impressionism, oil painting, portrait, pop art, sculpture, realism, water-colour, surrealism,
abstract.

7. Being an artist often means a lifetime full of shortcomings. A lot of artists are caught in the poverty
trap and it is pretty difficult for them to make both ends meet. If you make (both) ends meet, you can
pay for your basic expenses.
Quick Quiz:
Choose the best answer:
1. My mother and my elder brother work full-time
and earn enough just to make both ends meet, so:
a. they have plenty of money;
b. they are looking for a better-paid job;
c. they have enough money to live on.
2. I earn just enough to make ends meet, so:
a. I earn enough money to buy a car;
b. I avoid getting into debt;
c. I don’t have enough money to live on.
3. It is not easy for elderly people in our country
to make both ends meet on their pensions, so
a. they can earn their daily living;
b. they can afford to buy a new flat;
c. they can afford to eat in restaurants.

p.75 Speaking ex.1 write your opinion. Use the expressions from the Functions Box to either agree or
disagree with the following quotation.
“If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must set the artist free to follow his vision wherever it
takes him.”
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