2 Practice

1. studio Now, try some exercises to practise talking about art.

2. easel [(i:z&l]
3. canvas
4. frame
5. sitter
6. portrait Exercise 1 Exercise 3
7. palette [(pÄlEt]
8. painter, artist Works of art: Complete the definitions below with Art for sale: Complete the paragraph with the words
9. brushes nouns from the opposite page. from the list.
10. oil paint
11. pastels, pastel crayons A. A(n) is a quickly made drawing with- canvas | charcoal | frame | nude | pastels | sitter
[(kreIQnz] out many details.
12. charcoal [(tSA:kEUl] (A) is expensive, and so is the wooden
13. ink drawing B. A(n) is a picture of an arrangement
(B) needed to stretch it. That is why
14. watercolours of objects such as fruit or flowers.
15. sketch most of my works are on paper. I produce a lot of
C. A(n) is a picture of the countryside. (C) drawings, although I also like to
work in (D) . I can’t afford to pay for a
D. A(n) is a picture of a person, espe-
(E) , so my wife often sits for me. But
cially of the head and shoulders.
this means that my prices are low. What do you think of
E. A(n) is an excellent work of art by a this reclining (F) ? I’d let you have it for
particular artist. only ₤500.

Exercise 2 Exercise 4

The best word: Choose the correct option to complete each What do the idiomatic phrases below (1–3) mean?
sentence below. Match them to the correct explanations (A–C).
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A. The portrait is so lifelike / lively it could be a photo- A. If you don’t like something, you can say:
graph instead of a painting.
B. If something is exactly the kind of thing you are inter-
B. He’s best known for his abstract paintings, but his early ested in, you can say:
Unter www.spotlight-
online.de/teachers/ work is concrete / figurative. C. If you don’t understand why someone likes some-
picture-it finden Sie
Übersetzungen und thing that you don’t like, you can say:
das gesamte C. Look how well she has captured the vivacious / vivid
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reds and yellows of the evening sky.
1. “It’s right up my street.”

VOCABULARY D. Many critics consider him to be overtaxed / overrated, 2. “There’s no accounting for taste.”
At the Museum of Fine Arts but collectors will pay nearly any price for his works. 3. “It’s not my cup of tea.”
Lucy: Oh, look! I love this painting. The colours are so vivid — they seem to

Art fly off the canvas.

Do you enjoy visiting art galleries?
Or do you perhaps paint in your
Tom: Hmm, abstract art’s not my cup of tea. What does it represent anyway?
Lucy: Whatever you want it to. Anyway, most of this painter’s works are figu-
capture [(kÄptSE] , erfassen
rative. Look at this reclining nude. It’s a masterpiece! “Art”, “arts” or “the arts”?
Tom: I prefer the still life next to it. But on the whole, I think this artist is a bit To talk about the activity of creating paintings, drawings or degree [di(gri:] ,  Diplom, Abschluss

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free time? ANNA HOCHSIEDER overrated. sculptures, use the uncountable noun art: noun [naUn] , Substantiv
Lucy: But look at the composition! It’s perfectly balanced. And the texture Even as a little boy, he was very good at art. reclining [ri(klaInIN] ,  hier: liegend
­presents language to talk about art.
and depth that he creates with his brushstrokes — wonderful! To talk about subjects you can study that are not scientific, for Answers

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MEDIUM  PLUS Tom: Well, there’s no accounting for taste. I prefer pictures that are lifelike. example, history or languages, use the plural noun arts:
Illustration: Martin Haake

Lucy: Look, why don’t we go upstairs to the temporary exhibition? What are your career options if you have an arts degree?

E. masterpiece

A–3; B–1; C–2

C. landscape

D. overrated
B. figurative
Tom: What’s on display there?

C. charcoal
To talk about activities such as art, music, literature, etc., use

D. portrait

A. Canvas
B. still life

D. pastels
A. sketch

A. lifelike

B. frame

E. sitter
F. nude
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C. vivid
Lucy: Early 19th-century watercolour landscapes. They should be right up the arts:
your street! The government should spend more money on the arts.

4.
2.

3.
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