Post-reading tasks

Match the words to their definitions.

1) canvas	a) sudden great misfortune
2) sketch	b) to put on
3) prominent	c) correctly describing events that will happen in the future
4) still life	d) a general manner or way of doing something
5) sitter	e) natural surrounding, features of a particular part of a country
6) style	f) to lose colour
7) masterpiece	g) a person whose picture is painted, one who sits for an artist
8) scenery	h) a painting of inanimate objects
9) background	i) oil painting
10) prophetic	j) of great ability, fame
11) disaster	k) a rough drawing
12) to apply	l) the part of the painting that shows what is behind the main object
13) to fade	m) a piece of art which is the best of its type

2. What is the difference between?

A canvas and a sketch;

A portrait and a landscape;

Watercolour and oil paintings.

Fill in the chart.

Names of painters	Years of birth and death	What they painted	Style of painting
William Hogarth	1697-1764	Scenes of social life, portraits	Humorists, showed life satirically

Complete the charts.

1) ____ is an outstanding (a prominent, brilliant) English painter of ____ century.

2) ____ is well-known as a portraitist.

____ is well-known as a landscape painter.

____ is well-known as a colourist.

____ is well-known as a humorist and satirist on canvas.

____ is well-known as a marine painter.

____ is well-known asa watercolourisr master.

3) ____ reflected the inner world of the sitter.

____ showed the scenes of social life.

____ portrayed the beauty of his native countryside.

____ depicted socially prominent people of that period.

____ painted the portraits of the most famous people.

____ depicted the sea, as it affected the ships, storms, waves.

4) ____ best works are ____ (masterpieces/paintings/portraits/landscapes).

III. Grammar

Read the text and find sentences with verbs in the Passive Voice.

Thomas Gainsborough

“Portrait of Duchess de Beaufort ”

Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788) was an outstanding English painter of the 18^th century. He was a brilliant portraitist. He was a favorite portraitist of the aristocracy. The artist’s deep psychological approach enabled him to impart a poetic expression of individuality.

Gainsborough’s “Portrait of Duchess Beaufort” is an outstanding work of art. The artist depicts a graceful and attractive young woman. She has a pleasant oval face, straight eyebrows and black eyes, a straight nose and well-shaped delicate hands. You can see that she is an aristocrat.

Her rather pale complexion is contrasted by the dark colour of the background (the dark background was traditional in Gainsborough’s time). The artist enlivens the face by a little colour on her cheeks.

Her grayish hair is combed very high and fastened with a comb and a blue ribbon, as was the fashion in those days. The dress is very low cut, also according to the fashion of the day.

The portrait is painted in cold colours (black, blue, grey, white). At first sight you may think that it is a traditional ceremonial portrait, but if you look attentively, you will see that her parted lips, fleeting glance, and graceful gesture of her hand help to create a true impression of the sitter’s vitality and optimism. The woman in the ppicture is alive, and we have a feeling that she is looking at us.

Make up different types of questions to these sentences.

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