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LOOK AT THE SITES AND VOCABULARY BELOW, TRY TO DESCRIBE YOUR FAVOURITE WORKS OF ART AND/ OR PAINTINGS, INCLUDE WHEN, HOW, WHY YOU SAW AND LOVED THEM, ETC ETC, MAKE NOTES TO HELP YOU TALK ABOUT IT IN OUR NEXT CLASS.
Painting
- portrait
- brush stroke
- canvas
- landscape
- still-life picture
- palette
- impressionism
- expressionism
- sketch
- sitter
Vocabulary used in the video:
- Marble bust- marble is a stone material, very expensive, and a bust is the chest, shoulders and head
- Elegant- adjective: graceful
- Restrained- adjective: simple, not a lot of detail, not fancy
- Classical sensibility- from a classical period or mimicking that style; a traditional-looking piece of art
- Marble, oil, canvas- art materials
- Mural- painting that covers a whole wall, like the Guernica from Picasso
- Pallette- the range of colors utilized
- Moving- adjective: makes you feel something
- Prominent in the composition is…- featured in the artwork is...
Some useful words that you can use in a conversation include:
Sense of balance and movement are some terms that you can use to talk about the paintings.
Brushwork is another important aspect of paintings and you can talk about how you feel the artist has used this to add energy and emotions to the painting.
Composition is another word . You can also throw in a few words about contrast and if you know about it, the word medium could also be used.
You can also talk about commonality and repetition if you come across something like that.
Texture and rhythm along with depth and luminosity can also be factors that can be seen in a painting.
