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Art

Discussion

What kind of art do you like?

  • Did you learn art at school when you were a child?
  • Have you ever been to an art gallery?

Discuss

Hong Kong show, held at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, features premier galleries from Asia and beyond. Underlining Art Basel's commitment to the region, half of the participating galleries once again have exhibition spaces in Asia and Asia-Pacific.

News of Art

From the interview with Francesco Bonami "the Art Curator".

After canceling Art Basel Hong Kong because of coronavirus, Art Basel allowed exhibitors to make use of the fair’s online viewing rooms. What do you think of online viewing rooms in general?

I don’t think you will be able to replace the physical experience of looking at the real thing—and the beautiful annoyance of hearing the real voice of a dealer saying, “The artist wants this work to go only to a museum”—a pause—”or a private foundation,” and usually the person standing there has one. This cannot happen in an online viewing room.

  • Do you agree that online exibitions, basically, cannot replace the personal experience of watching art face-to-face?

  • What do you think about the economical impact of some "emergency cases" on the art expositions themselves?

  • Should Art Galleries ask for the governmental support in this situation or better go for the private investments for the reason that state funding of the arts can cause them to stagnate?

Think over

Art Auctions

The video

Watch the video and discuss

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GH7lBHQ35lU

  • What is the main motivator for buying a particular piece of art from an auction?
  • Is it true that the exceptional value and rarity of the painting itself is the sole purpose of the purchase, or is there any other reason?

New vocabulary

Do you agree with this statements?

the importance of artistic freedom

an inhibitor to artistic freedom

art mirrors the culture

freedom of expression

art connoisseur

"free communication is essential to the

preservation of a free society"

"suppression of artistic expression leads to

conformity and the stifling of freedom"

Study

Match and study the vocabulary

Exercise

the inner feeling of absorbing the culture

the combination of the public and the private investments

the censure

each to his own

connoisseurs of not only the art itself, but also material benefits

a matter of taste

voluntary curtailment of expression

mixed funding model for the arts

aesthetic experience

intelligent, rational viewers of art

Read and discuss

Of all the art works that you can see in the Vatican Museums, experts agree that those of Raphael are probably the most beautiful. In the 16th century he was asked to paint the walls and ceilings of some of the Pope’s private living quarters. One of his most famous works, a fresco called The School of Athens, shows famous Greek thinkers and scientists, who gather around Plato and Aristotle.

The Sistine Chapel is the private church of the Pope. It is the most famous room of the Vatican Museums, built in the 15th century. Besides being a special place where Cardinals get together to elect a new pope, the Sistine Chapel offers some of the most spectacular works of art. The ceiling is the most impressive part of the room, created by Michelangelo in 1508. He produced over fifty paintings with over 300 people in them. The paintings show scenes from the Bible, for instance God creating the first man, Adam. It took Michelangelo over four years to finish the ceiling

The Vatican in Rome is not only the capital of the Roman Catholic Church; it is also a place where valuable books, works of art and sculptures have been kept over many centuries. Four million people come to the Vatican Museums every year to observe these precious masterpieces.

As soon as you enter the Vatican Museums you walk through sculptured doors created by Cecco Bonanotte in 1999 to symbolize the Vatican’s step into the new millennium.

Other works in the museum are thousands of years old. There are statues, cloth textiles and paintings that remind the visitor of ancient history. Not all the objects that the Vatican Museums possess can be seen. On some occasions the Vatican lends them to other museums for a certain time, or they may be temporarily taken out in order to be restored.

Observing all the Vatican's artwork would be a difficult task. Most visitors concentrate on the special points of interest. The following shows you the most important areas of the museum.

The Gallery of Maps contains a series of topographical maps of Italy. They display the world the way Italians saw it at the beginning of the Modern Age. The Gallery of Tapestries is full of wall hangings made of wool and silk. They tell picture stories from drawings that Raphael produced.

Some time later Pope Paul III asked Michelangelo to paint the walls of the chapel behind the altar. This famous painting became known as The Last Judgment. It shows Jesus Christ as the judge between good and evil. In it, some of the figures rise to heaven and others fall down to hell. Art critics are undecided about the mood this masterpiece puts you in. While some think of it as beautiful others say it is very frightening. However, all of them agree that it is one of the most famous works of art every created.

Roman Catholic leaders founded many of the Vatican Museums in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Pope Gregory XVI created an Egyptian Museum with nine rooms of artworks, which were brought to Rome from Egypt. They show pharaohs who ruled ancient Egypt. One of the most impressive works is the Statue of Ramses II, sitting on a throne.

Another section of the Vatican Museums shows objects from ancient Etruscans, who lived in Central and Northern Italy. They produced objects of baked clay. The Etruscan Museum was established by Pope Gregory XVI in the 19th century. The collection also includes objects made of bronze and gold, as well as heads and statues of human bodies.

The Chiaramonti Museum is named after Pope Pius VII. It contains over a thousand works of art , including statues of Roman gods. The Pio-Clementino Museum , founded by Pope Clement XIV, is filled with ancient Roman and Greek sculptures. One of them shows a realistic scene of the war between Troy and Greece. Based on Virgil's poem Aeneid it shows a Trojan priest and his sons who are crushed by sea snakes.

Why do you think is it important to keep the art heritage from the past?

Read

Think over

Should museums and art galleries be free of charge for the general public, or

should a charge, even a voluntary one, be levied for admittance?

Discuss this issue,and give your opinion.

Discussion

Make the exercises

Do you have your favorite artist?

Which kind of feelings does it inspire inside you?

Make

Art

Look at sentences 1-10, which are all extracts from art reviews, and decide what is being talked about in each one. Choose the most appropriate answer from the box. There are some which are not needed.

Exercises

Performing arts

  • a modern dance piece
  • a concert
  • a play
  • an opera
  • a film
  • a ballet

Literature

  • poetry
  • a biography
  • drama
  • a novel
  • a collection of short stories

Fine / Visual Arts

  • abstract art
  • a landscape
  • photography
  • a portrait
  • a still life
  • a sculpture

1. Mimi Latouche is getting a little too old for this kind of thing, and as I watched her pirouetteacross the stage in a tutu two sizes too small, she reminded me not so much of a swan as a ratherungainly crow.

2. The scenery was wonderful. The costumes were marvellous. The cast were incredible. I wish Icould say the same about the script. The playwright should be shot.

3. In his new book on Ernest Hemingway, acclaimed writer Michael Norris has brought the greatman to life in a way nobody else could.

4. Move over Michelangelo! You have a rival. Vittorio Manelleto’s marble pieces embody thehuman form in a way that has not been achieved in over five hundred years.

5. I had to study the picture for almost two minutes before I realised who it was. It was none otherthan our Queen. I doubt she would have been amused.

6. There are no great tenors in Britain. That is until now. Brian Clack’s performance in La Traviattasent shudders down my spine. What a man! What a voice! What a size!

7. Herbert von Caravan has been conducting now for almost forty years, and his final appearanceyesterday was greeted with remarkable applause from both musicians and members of theaudience.

8. ‘Stone Angel’ is an hilarious tale about the fall and rise of an opera singer. I picked it up anddidn’t put it down until I had finished. A fantastic book.

9. Dylan Thomas showed remarkable eloquence, and this latest compilation of some of his finestprose will surely be a bestseller.

10. Bruschetta’s studies of dead animals might not be to everyone’s taste, but it is impossible to denyhis skill in representing inanimate objects like these on canvas.

11. He usually works in black and white, and in my opinion that's the medium he should stick to. Hiscolour shots are too static and are heavily over-filtered, the strong lighting washes out anysubtlety, and much of it is out of focus.

12. Shot entirely on location in Iran, this is perhaps the director's finest hour. A stunning setting, fineperformances from the leads, and a cast of thousands of extras make this a truly visual feast.

Complete these sentences with an appropriate word or expression from A, B or C.

Sentences

1. Tonight’s __________________________ of ‘Hamlet’ begins at 7.30.

A. perform B. performing C. performance

2. Camford University Press have just released a collection of Shakespeare’s ________________________ .

A. works B. workers C. workings

3. The rock group ‘Glass Weasel’ have released a limited __________________________ of their new album which contains a CD-Rom of their latest show.

A. edit B. edition C. editor

4. His last book received excellent __________________________in the newspapers.

A. reviews B. previews C. revisions

5. There is an __________________________ of Monet’s work at the Tate.

A. exhibitionist B. exhibit C. exhibition

6. The British National Orchestra is delighted with the government’s promise of a £500,000__________________________ .

A. subsidiary B. subsidy C. subpoena

7. Tickets have already sold out for the first day’s showing of Tom Cartmill’s paintings at the National__________________________ .

A. Galleon B. Galley C. Gallery

8. Ernest Hemingway was one of the twentieth century’s most famous __________________________ .

A. novels B. novelties C. novelists

9. The French __________________________ of the nineteenth century had a profound influence on the world of art.

A. impressions B. impressionists C. impressionisms

10. Old haven Press are going to __________________________ my new book!

A. publish B. publisher C. publication

Now look at this extract from a radio programme and fill in the gaps with one of the words or expressions from Tasks A and B. In some cases, more than one answer may be possible. You may need to change some of the word forms.

Text

Hello, and welcome to today’s edition of ‘But is it Art?’

Now, I don’t usually enjoy 1__________________________ - all those pirouettes and pas de deux’s and dying swans usually send me to sleep, but last night’s 2__________________________ of ‘Sleeping Beauty’at Nureyev Hall had me on the edge of my seat. And I’m not the only one: rave 3__________________________ in the national press praised the excellent choreography and the incredible stage set. It’s on again tonight, but you’ll have to move fast if you want a ticket!

The current 4__________________________ of Monetto’s paintings at the Wheatley 5__________________________ has been a disappointment. The pictures themselves are excellent, especially the great artist’s 6__________________________ of film stars, and of course his stunning 7__________________________ of a vase of daffodils, but the lighting inside the room was terrible. I would have thought that, having received a government 8__________________________ of almost £100,000, the Wheatley Arts Council could have invested it in some good lights.

Fans of the great twentieth-century 9__________________________ George Orwell will be delighted to hear that Swansong Press are going to release a collection of his greatest 10_________________________ , which will of course include ‘Animal Farm’ and ‘Nineteen EightyFour’. Also included are some rare short stories which were not 11__________________________ until after his death. Look out for the book, which will be in the shops from the end of the month.

On the subject of books, a new 12__________________________ of the life of conductor Charles Worsenmost is due to be released in January. Worsenmost conducted his last 13__________________________ in 1998 after a long and eventful career. This is highly recommended for anyone who is remotely interested in classical music.

Have you ever wanted to be an 14__________________________ singer? Well, now’s your chance! The National Music Company are looking for tenors and sopranos to audition for a new production of Mozart’s ‘Marriage of Figaro’. If you’re interested, we’ll give you the number to call at the end of the programme.

Potential Michelangelo’s and Henry Moore’s can try their hand at 15__________________________ this weekend. The Gleneagles Museum is holding a series of workshops which will give you the chance to chip away at a lump of stone to produce a piece of three-dimensional art. There’s no need to book - just turn up at the door on Saturday at nine o’clock.

And now here’s that number I promised you...

Exercises

Art

Discussion: Is art therapy a good tool for fighting mental illness?

For your own development : https://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/12/11/art-and-mental-illness/

Watch the video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFFOEnGZAwc

The Worksheet

https://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/sites/teens/files/creativity_is_great_-_part_1_-_exercises_0.pdf

Creativity

Transcript of needed

https://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/sites/teens/files/creativity_is_great_-_part_1_-_transcript_0.pdf

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