Ex.1. Translate the parts of the following sentences using your active vocabulary.

1. Pygmalion fell in love with a statue of Galatea which he had made in ivory, and at his prayer
Aphrodite gave it life..
2. The art dealer looked at the picture appraisingly trying to judge its worth.
3. Another of his ambitions –  a lifetime dream– was one day to have his own studio.
4. From the opening of the exhibitionit was possible to determine what oil painting will be awarded the
first prize
5. There is no denying the fact that the pictures perfectly executed.
6. Unfortunately Jane didn`t remember the name of artist who is giving an exhibition at the gallery.
7. When did Jane first take up painting he didn't expect that he would be so involved in fine art.
8. Exhibiting at the most famous art gallery, Patrick hoped that his works of art would not become a
universal laughing stock.
9. A young artist even didn't hope that his work would be accepted for display /show.
10. His working place was a mess: everywhere there were paint brushes, tubes of paints, boxes of
watercolors, a lot of palettes.

Ex.2. Give the equivalents for the following words and phrases using your active vocabulary.
to develop an interest in art - to take up art; cherished dream - lifetime dream; highly-skilled artist - mature
artist; to give a prize - to award a prize; the result of an attempt-; the process or art of using paint, in a
picture, as a protective coating, or as decoration - Painting; visually attractive, esp. in a quaint or pretty
style- picturesque; the property possessed by an object of producing different sensations on the eye as a
result of the way the object reflects or emits light- Color;
to feel uncertain about smth-.; having or revealing natural creative skill- artistic; made or produced by
human beings rather than occurring naturally, typically as a copy of something natural-artificial; the action
or fact of carefully choosing someone or something as being the best or most suitable- selection.

Ex.3. Give as many as possible combinations with the following words:

An artist- black-and-white artist, to stand to (for) an artist
to paint- to paint a portrait in oil, paint from nature, to paint a wall, paint in true colours , to paint from life ,
paint a picture , to paint in pastel ,
a portrait- to paint a portrait in oil, prior portrait, self-portrait, half-lengh portrait, full-lengh portrait,
shoulder-lengh portrait, knee-lengh portrait, group portrait , equestrian portrait, portrait painter, to stand for
one’s portrait
color scheme - red white blue yellow orange black pink purple brown navy blue violet beige grey green
silver olive gold turquoise light green dark green,
a painting- Battle painting –батальная живопись; Genre painting – жанровая живопись; Anecdotal
painting – разновидность жанровой живописи; Historical painting – историческая живопись; Landscape
painting – пейзажная живопись; Monumental painting – монументальная живопись; Mural painting –
фресковая живопись; “plain-air” painting – пленэристическая живопись; plain-air technique –
пленэрная живопись; in the open air – на открытом воздухе (на пленэре); “plain air” (фр. plein air) –
пленэр (живопись на открытом воздухе вне мастерской) portraiture – портретная живопись; собир.
портреты; water-color painting - акварельная живопись; finger painting, Flemish painting, hard-edge
painting, wall painting
color-out of colour, without colour,
art- abstract art, classical art, modern art, primitive art, graphic art, plastic arts, art school,Art Nouveau ,
antique art,folk art, decorative art, applied art - прикладное искусство; art of building , art castings,
Graphic (black-and-white) art ,Art is long, life is short посл. ,Fine Arts , the) Academy of Arts , pictorial art
Ex.4. Choose the right word:
Draw-paint
1. She placed the paper and pencil before me and told me I could draw anything I liked
2. The picture was painted so that the eyes seem to follow you no matter where you are.
3. He starts a painting by quickly drawing simplified shapes.
4. She would sit there drawing with the pencil stub.
5. I paint/draw a woman sitting next to a table lamp.
6. I made a guitar and painted it red.
7. She painted her fingernails bright red.
8. The ceiling was painted dark gray.
9. I asked her to paint me.
10. They went around painting rude slogans on cars.
11. He painted a grim picture.

Picture-portray-represent
His paintings for the railway station in Kiev represent combats between Russians and Tatars.
2. I could hardly represent Charlie in this role.
3. The great tragic actress is portrayed in her day dress.
4. The popular press tends to represent him as an environmental guru.
5. The author wanted to represent a new type of hero.
6. Never represent yourself as perfect.
7. He is painted with party guests.
8. Santos are small wooden figures representing saints.
9. The artist was concerned more with re-creating the radiance of Venice than with representing the
solid structure of its monuments.
10. The markets in London and New York are usually represented in contrasting terms.
11. The book represents as a self-serving careerist.
12. He was mostly interested in the landscape as painting by painters such as Claude and Poussin.
13. She represents the ideal of American culture.
14. At the party John met a woman who claimed she had been represented dancing with a celebrity in
Stringfellows nightclub.
15. The golfer is portrayed on many of the front pages, kissing his trophy as he holds it aloft.
Choose-select
1. Meg had choose her second daughter to accompany her to the wedding.
2. The books were specially selected to attract and develop the youthful mind.
3. Members of the committee were chosen by election.
4. Voters are selecting candidates for both US Senate seats and for 52 congressional seats.
5. Jim choosen Mary as his wife.
6. The movie is being shown in selected cities.
7. I don't choose to read that book.
8. You can choose from a range of quality products.
9. He choosen a seat facing the door.
10. There are several patchwork cushions to select from.
11. He did well in his selected profession.
Ex.5. Give English equivalents for the following phrases:
Усомниться в чем-л.- To doubt, выбрать подарок- To select gift, воплощение
здоровья -The picture of health-, отобрать лучшие произведения искусства To select
the best work of art, сделать большое усилие- To make a great effort, сгущать краски-
To paint smth. in dark colour, выглядеть бледным- To be off colour, вздох облегчения-
Sigh of relief, представлять себе- To picture , сфотографировать кого-то- To take the
picture of smb., приложить все усилия- To make every effort, черпать вдохновение-
To draw inspiration, написать картину To paint a picture, писать с натуры- To paint
from nature, портрет в натуральную величину- A life-sized portrait, сочные краски-
rich colours, тусклые тона- Dull, faded colours, артистическая личность- An artistic
person, пейзажист- A landscape painter, портретист- A portrait painter, живописное
место- A picturesque place, цветная репродукция- A colour reproduction,
художественный вкус- An artistic taste, изображать сцены из жизни простых людей-
To picture scenes of ordinary peoples life.

Ex.6. Answer the following questions using your active vocabulary.

1. If the walls of the house are peeling off, what does the house want? If the walls of a house are
peeling off, it wants repainting/painting
2. What is another way of saying that a person is pale?  He/She has very little colour.
3. How can we refer to a person who looks strong and healthy?  He/She is a picture of health
4. What do we call a person who is fond of the arts? We can call such a person an art lover.
5. What do we call a person who practices one of the arts? We call such a person an artist
6. If the artist turns to nature for inspiration, what do we say about him? He draws his inspiration
from nature
7. What kinds of pictures according to execution do you know? We know portraits, landscapes,
seascapes and still life pictures
8. Whom do we call a colorist? A painter who has a good colour scheme in his pictures can be termed a
colourist./A colourist is a painter who can achieve a good colour scheme.
9. Where are works of art displayed? Works of art are pisplayed in art shows/at exhibitions/at
exhibits/in museums
10. What do we call a painting of inanimate objects, fruit and flowers in particular? still life.

Ex.7. Explain the meaning of the following words and make out some sentences using them:
The Humanities are academic disciplines that study aspects of human society and culture, pretence of art,
artificial, to draw, an artist, to picture, color scheme, doubtful, selection, colorless, to take up art, to
exhibit in a show, a lifetime dream, to look at smth/smb appraisingly.

Ex.8. Translate the following sentences into English.

1. Поэты и художники часто черпают свое вдохновение у природы. Poets and artists often
draw inspiration from nature.
2. Эта картина в моём вкусе. It is a picture to my taste.
3. Когда человек посвящает свою жизнь искусству, он отказывается от много в своей жизни, но
насыщает ее вдохновением, цветом, новыми эмоциями и впечатлениями. When a person
devotes his life to art, he gives up a lot in his life, but saturates it with inspiration, color, new
emotions and impressions
4. Зрелый и признанный художник имеет право выбирать в каких художественных галереях
выставлять свои произведения. Mature and recognized artist has the right to choose which art
galleries to exhibit their works in.
5. Reynolds was one of the outstanding artists of his time.
 6. Her smile was so strained that there was no doubt that she was not impressed by the works displayed
in the hall.
7. He drew and drew lines on the canvas, but he could not draw the image that he remembered in his
colorful childhood.
8. In the foreground of the painting depicted a little girl.
9. The story was so colorless that he just exposed himself to public ridicule.
10. He was such an outstanding portraitist that all the nobility ordered their portraits for him, and always
in full growth.
11. Selected works of this author were sold out within one day.
12. having Chosen art as his profession, he did not expect to earn much money.
13. Looking at the young artist's oil paintings appraisingly, no one could imagine their real value.
14. Celebrating the closing of the exhibition included the awarding of the most interesting works.
15. his pastels with landscapes were a stunning success among visitors to the exhibition.
16. In the palette of the artist was dominated by bright, saturated colors.
17. There was no doubt that these watercolors were the work of an immature self-taught artist.
18. Lately he's not been feeling very well.
19. His parents very much doubted that drawing was his vocation.
20. The drawings by this artist was a priceless work of art.

Ex 9. Choose the right answer.

1. Mr Cheater made a living by … works by famous painters.
a) devising b) faking c) pretending d) shamming
2. A sculpture by Rodin fetched more than two million dollars at the ………..
last month.
a) auction b) gallery c) museum d) sale
3. The ..... of Rembrandt's paintings finishes next week.
a) demonstration b) exhibition c) show d) spectacle
4. They thought the painting was genuine but it turned out to be……………… .
a) a facsimile b) an imitation c) a replica d) a reproduction
5. There was no …difference between the original and the copy.
a) discernible b) discoverable c) knowable d) understandable
6. Mr Adventurous has taken … painting since he retired.
a) down b) in c) over d) up
7. A young art student acted as our ………. when we visited the museum.
a) coach b) conductor c) guide d) lead
8. This self-portrait did not come to ………….until after the artist's death.
a) light b) range c) sight d) view
9. Mr Vernix is the greatest……………….expert on techniques of painting.
a) alive b) live c) living d) nowadays
10. Children and pensioners are admitted to the museum at ……………… prices.
a) decreased b) less c) reduced d) undercharged
11. On examination by experts, the picture turned out to be a …………………. .
a) fabrication b) fake c) fraud d) sham
12. In the...……………….. right-hand corner of the portrait there is a flower.
a) front b) high c) top d) up
13. He is sometimes considered to be an outstanding artist, but I consider his work to be quite………..
a) common b) intermediate c) mediocre d) moderate
14. All visitors are requested to …………………. with the regulations.
a) agree b) assent c) comply d) consent
15. He made some ………………sketches which would serve as guides when he
painted the actual landscape.
a) elementary b) introductory c) preliminary d) primary
16. Admission to the gallery is ……………………except on Saturdays and Sundays
when a charge of one dollar is made.
a) allowed b) free c) nothing d) paid
17. The paintings are hung in heavy gold ……….. .
a) easels b) frames c) fringes d) rims
18. This beautiful portrait is ……………..to Rubens.
a) assigned b) attached c) attributed d) prescribed
19. He earns his living by … works of art.
a) recovering b) renewing c) restoring d) reviving
20. That landscape is somewhat…………….. of Rembrandt's early work.
a) memorable b) mindful c) reminiscent d) similar
21. The portrait you see here is a very good………………… of my mother.
a) appearance b) likeness c) reproduction d) resemblance
22. I would love to go to the exhibition with you, but I'm afraid I can't…………… .
a) leave b) lose c) save d) spare
23. He said he had never………….. across a painting which pleased him more.
a) come b) happened c) seen d) viewed
24. I made it quite clear that I had no ……………………of selling the portrait.
a) aim b) intention c) meaning d) purpose
Ex. 10. Match the terms on the left with their definitions on the right.
1. caricature a) a picture made with a pencil
2. cartoon b) a drawing showing the parts of something to explain how it works
3. collage c) a drawing showing by a line the connection between two quantities
4. diagram d) a rough drawing without many details
5. drawing e) a picture to go with the words of a book
6. fresco f) a picture in solid black
7. graph g) a picture painted in water colour on a surface of fresh wet plaster
8. illustration h) woven cloth hanging on a wall, with pictures woven from coloured wool or silk
9. mural i) a humorous drawing, often dealing with something of interest in the new
and amusing way
10. silhouette j) a representation of a person made so that aspects of his or her appearance appear more
noticeable than they really are
11. sketch k) a picture made by an unusual combination of bits of paper, cloth, metal, etc
12. tapestry 1) a picture painted directly onto the wall

Ex. 11. Explain the meaning of the following words connected with painting and art in general.
1) Easel, crayon, brush, paintbox; palette, charcoal, water-colour, oil, stretcher, canvas, drapery.
2) Art exhibitions, special exhibitions, permanent exhibitions, one-man exhibitions, travelling exhibitions.
3) Graphic art, sculpture, applied art.
4) Warm colours, cool colours, harsh colours, subdued colours, primary colours.
Ex. 12. Match the words and their definitions :
a) landscape 1) is a picture on a wall or ceiling where a plaster is still wet or damp.
b) seascape 2) is a painting of such unanimated subjects as fruit, flowers and other decorative things.
c) portrait 3) is a painting which represents scenes from everyday life in a more or less realistic
way.
d) still life 4) is a picture representing a tract of country with the various objects it contains.
e) fresco 5) is painting or other artistic representation of the sea.
f) genre painting 6) is a person who is having his portrait painted.
g) sitter, subject, model 7) is a painting, picture or representation of the person, especially of a face
generally drawn from life.
Ex. 13. Put the words in order to make recommending expressions.
1. you’re / OK / it’s / sort / if / into / thing / that / of
2. a / must / it’s
3. recommend / really / I / it
4. you / give / if / were / miss / a / I’d / it / I
5. visit / well / it’s / a / worth
6. entrance / not / it’s / the / fee / worth
7. It’s / my / tea / cup / of / really / not
Ex. 14. Use the words from the box to complete the sentences below.
portrait landscape still life abstract detailed traditional original colourful
1. I think his work is very individual, very ………………………… . I’ve never seen anything else like it.
2. I’ve just been to a(n) ………………….. exhibition – it’s something I’ve tried to do myself, but my apples
always look like peaches!
3. We’ve got a(n) …………………. of my great grand-father at home. He was a general in the army.
4. Renaissance paintings were always very …………………… . You could see all the stiches on the clothes.
5. His most famous ………………… was a picture of the scenery around his home in Provence.
6. I don’t actually like modern art. I much prefer more ……………….. things.
7. I don’t like paintings that are all greys and browns. I like really ………………….things. You know, lots
of bright greens and reds and yellows.
8. I don’t understandd her work at all. It’s just too ………………..for me.