PAINTING

If you want to see the paintings by a famous artist, you need to go to an art gallery or a museum. There you can see individual paintings and sometimes an exhibition. There are many different types and styles of painting.

Now match the words from A with their definitions from B.

A	B
1. a portrait	a. a painting of part of the countryside
2. a self-portrait	b. a painting of inanimate objects, e.g. fruits
3. a landscape	c. a painting of a person
4. a still-life	d. a painting that is not realistic
5. an abstract painting	e. a painting of plants, buildings
6. a seascape	f. a painting of the artist by himself/herself
7. a cityscape	g. a painting of an ocean, sea, waves

4.15 Match the names of the following artists with the country they are from.

1. Raphael Santi 2. Kandinsky 3. Turner 4. Rembrandt 5. Gainsborough 6. Van Gogh 7. Picasso 8. Renoir

A. Spain B. England C. Italy D. Russia E. Netherlands F. England G. France H. Netherlands

4.16 Guess if these statements are true or false. Then read the text and check your answers.

1. High Renaissance style was founded in the 17-th century.

2. Leonardo da Vinci was not only a great artist but also a great thinker.

3. Only eighteen paintings of Leonardo came down to us.

4. Three of Leonardo’s paintings are in the Hermitage Museum.

LEONARDO DA VINCI (1452-1519)

High Renaissance style was founded by one of the most gifted individuals ever born. Leonardo da Vinci fulfilled the Renaissance ideal of the Universal Man. He was not only a great painter and sculptor, but also the outstanding architect, an inventor, an engineer, a musician, and leading physicist, botanist, anatomist, geologist and geographer of his time.

Leonardo’s fame as an artist is based on eighteen paintings that came down to us, some of them incomplete, some damaged as a result of his experimental techniques. Leonardo’s art surpassed the achievements of his time.

Leonardo’s power as an artist and thinker is evident in the Last Supper and the Mona Lisa, his two most famous works.

There are two Leonardo’s paintings in the Hermitage Museum. They are the Madonna with a Flower and the Madonna Litta.

Note: the Last Supper – «Тайная вечеря»

1. Who founded High Renaissance style in painting?

2. Why have so few of Leonardo’s paintings come down to us?

3. What are Leonardo’s most famous works?

4.17 Read the text and say if the architecture in the place where you live is important for you.

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