The doctrine of Expressionism provided a great impetus for experimentation in the field of art. One of the central tenets this doctrine was that mattered in art was not the imitation of nature but the expression of feelings through the choice of colours & lines; this naturally led the idea that art might be made more pure by doing with all subject matter & by relying exclusively the effects of tones & shapes. And it was the example of music, which gets on so well the crutch of words, had suggested to artists & critics the dream of a pure visual music.
However, it was thing to talk about such possibilities in general terms & quite to actually exhibit a painting without any immediately recognizable object. It appears the first artist to do this was the Russian painter Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944). He was essentially a mystic dislike of the values of progress & science him long for a regeneration the world through a new art of pure ‘inwardness’.
In his confused & passionate book Concerning the Spiritual in Art, he stressed the psychological effects of pure colour, the in which a bright red can affect us the call of a trumpet. His conviction that was possible & necessary to bring about in this way a communion from mind to mind him the courage to exhibit these first attemps colour music in paintings such as Cossacks, which eally inaugurated what to be known as abstract art.
Task 6. For questions 1-15, read the text again & think of the word which best fits each space. Use only one word in each space.
The Bathers
One of my favourite works of art is by Seurat (1859-1891). It is called ‘The Bathers’ (‘Une Baignade’) & it is one of his (1) _____ famous paintings. It shows a scene in an industrial suburb (2) _____ Paris called Asnières.
(3)____ the background, we can just make (4) ____ some factory chimneys, but the picture as a whole is full of light, peace & harmony. It gives (5) ____ that feeling of a hot summer’s day when you – just for a moment – escape from grim reality.
But (6) ____ is it that makes it so calm & relaxing? Perhaps the first thing (7) ____ catches our eye is the pile of clothes & boots next (8) ____ the central figure, right in the middle of the foreground. Notice (9) ____ clearly the objects are painted; a perfect balance between light & dark. Notice also the hats; hats of different kinds, (10) ____ seem to have just been left lying around – it’s all very casual. Just looking at the hats makes you feel just (11) ____ hot it must be. In the background, we (12) ____ make out trees & the sails of boats. The man up (13) ____ the left, with his trousers rolled up, & the man in the foreground, lying with his back (14) ____ us, also add to the stillness of the picture. The picture is dominated by the young man more or (15) ____ in the middle of the picture, sitting lazily in the sun, his feet dangling in the water.
Task 7. Here are some adjectives which you might find useful when you want to talk about whether you like or dislike a particular work of art. Mark the words that express a positive emotion with a P and those that express a negative emotion with an A.
appalling appealing astounding banal brilliant
compelling enchanting engrossing evocative intriguing
mediocre moving profound repulsive ridiculous
spectacular striking stupendous superficial thought-provoking
trivial
Task 8. Work with a partner and think of six other adjectives which could be used to describe your feelings about works of art (positive and negative). With the help of the given adjectives try to describe any famous work of art and the effect it produces on you.
Task 9. Write a few paragraphs describing a real picture which you would like to hang in the bedroom. Describe the content, style, colour of the picture and discuss what it means to you and why you give preference to it.
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