Vocabulary: Describing Art and Photography

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UNIT

5 Vocabulary

Describing art and photography 3 Complete the text with phrases from
exercise 2. There are two extra phrases.
1 Order the letters and complete
the sentences. I love photography, and for my birthday
last year, my parents paid for me to go on a
1 I like the photograph of the macaque. It’s one-day photography course. It was great!
really funny (unfyn). In the morning, the teacher taught us how
2 Those shoes are so . I don’t to take better selfies by using a 1 self ie stick
like them at all! (lygu) to 2 from a distance. We also
3 The Impressionists rejected learnt how to take 3 photos of
styles of painting. (tatlionidra) insects and flowers, using a tripod to keep
4 That painting is so that I the camera still and make sure the photos
thought it was a photograph. (scriealit) are 4 . At the end of the day, we
did a 5 in the park. I took a great
5 I don’t understand art. It just
photo of a huge bee coming out of a flower.
looks like shapes and colours. (batstacr)
In fact, I think my photo is so brilliant that
6 Bridget Riley’s paintings are very I’m sure it’s going to 6 when I
(oofluclur). post it online!
7 Picasso’s famous painting Guernica was
considered to be very in 1937
(koshncig).
Types of art
8 I think Frida Kahlo is the most 4 Choose the correct option.
artist of all time (lialntrib). 1 My brother loves clothes, so he’s going to
do a course in fashion design/painting
Photography at college.
2 We did some printmaking/sculpture
2 Match words 1–8 with words a–h to make
in art class, using potatoes to put our
phrases related to photography.
designs onto a T-shirt.
1 in a filters 3 Lucie Rie was a famous potter/
2 photo b portrait photographer who made beautiful
3 selfie c viral vases and pots.
4 add d focus 4 A graphic designer/sculptor creates
5 self e shoot designs for books and magazines but
also things like packaging.
6 press f stick
5 My cousin’s sculptures/drawings were
7 go g up
used in a manga comic, and she got paid
8 close h the shutter a lot of money.
6 We saw an amazing piece of
installation art/graffiti art at the
gallery. It was a tiny, dark room full
of mirrors and lights.
7 The Mona Lisa is probably the most
famous photograph/painting in
the world.
8 The Statue of Liberty is a giant
pottery/sculpture on an island near
New York City.

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