Look at the following picture and put questions to it.

 

Nesterov: A girl wearing kokoshnik

17. Describe your visit to a museum or an art gallery

18. Translate into English using the vocabulary of the Unit:

1. Я вижу ты интересуешься пейзажами Левитана.

2. Ты заметил тот прекрасный портрет «Девушка в зеленом»?

3. Коллекция галереи Тейта содержит работы Констебля, Блейка, Тернера и других британских мастеров.

4. Коллекция картин Передвижников отражает историю России18 и 19 столетий.

5. Какой уникальной древнерусской иконой владеет Третьяковская галерея?

6. Общеизвестно, что это произведение искусства очень ценное.

7. У них было много общего в изображении жизни и души русского народа.

Say a few sentences about the portrait given below using the information from the text.

Portrait of P.M. Tretyakov by I. Kramskoy

PAVEL TRETYAKOV

Pavel Tretyakov began collecting Russian art in 1856 and was particularly interested in works by the Wanderers (peredvizhniki). His collection grew and in 1892 he donated it to the city of Moscow. His home was opened as a gallery and, much extended, still houses the collection today.

Pavel Tretyakov was director of the gallery for the last six years of his life. Vasiliy Vereschagin (1842–1904), whose paintings are on display in room 27, is another great amongst the Wanderers. He travelled widely in Asia and volunteered for the Russian army, garnering impressions he would later use in his massive, highly detailed paintings. One of Vereschagin’s most famous works is Apotheosis of War (1871), depicting a pyramid of skulls and ironically dedicated to “all the great conquerors of the past, present and future”.

He was revolutionary in his approach to exhibitions, being the first artist in Russia to present his work in specially prepared environments, with darkened halls and black walls enhancing the mood of his paintings.

Say a few words about the gallery that he founded.

21. Use the following words and word combinations in sentences of your own:
well-known; to be housed; to be devoted to; a work of art; a real master of; a collection of the 18th century; to continue the tradition of; humanistic; to reflect; the life and soul of; to receive; Russian culture; close to people.
a gallery; the State Gallery; the National Gallery; the Tate Gallery; the State Tretyakov Gallery; the Art Gallery.

 

Which is the odd word out?

a. painter, photographer, potter, sculptor, sailor, weaver.

b. drawing, painting, embroidery, needlework, sculpture, sewing, sketching, teaching, weaving.

c. to colour, to dye, to read, to paint, to stain, to tinge, to tint.

 

Unit 3

The Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts

Study the vocabulary.

 

1. to house	- размещать
2. collapse [kəˈlæps]	- крах, крушение, провал, распад
3. to reflect	- отражать
4. to acquire [əˈkwaɪər]	- приобрести
5. ebony	- черное дерево
6. to excavate [ˈekskəveɪt]	- копать, выкапывать, производить раскопки
7. fabulous [ˈfæbjʊləs]	- сказочный, фантастичный, невероятный, великолепный
8. evocative [ˈevəʊkətɪv]	- вызывающий, пробуждающий
9. flamboyant [flæmˈbɔɪənt]	- яркий, колоритный
10. etching [ˈeʧɪŋ]	- гравюра, гравировка
11. unpredictable [ˈʌnprɪˈdɪktəbl]	- непредсказуемый, непрогнозируемый, непредвиденный
12. a bust	- бюст
13. to emphasize [ˈemfəsaɪz]	- подчеркнуть, подчеркивать, отметить, акцентировать
14. a masterpiece [ˈmɑːstəpiːs]	- шедевр, произведение, творение