UNIT 2

Madonna with Child and Angels

Task 1. You are at the exam in art school. Describe Masaccio�s style and his masterpiece.

NOTE 1: Make use of prompts 1 (prompt questions), 2 (a plan of a picture description) or 3 (a sample description) depending on your readiness to describe a Renaissance painting.

KEY NOTE: If you find describing a picture a rather challenging task for yourself, please, refer to the following texts for information about Renaissance painting, and what artists paint or subject matter of a painting.

Sandro Botticelli (1445 �1510)

Primavera

(Allegory of spring)

Task 2. Being a student of an art school you were asked to describe the picture �Primavera� by Sandro Botticelli in order to get a credit. Talk about time it was created and the style of the painter.

NOTE 2: Make use of prompts 1 (prompt questions), 2 (a plan of a picture description) or 3 (a sample description) depending on your readiness to describe a Renaissance painting.

Sistine Madonna

TASK 3: Pretend that the �Sistine Madonna� by Raphael is your favourite Renaissance painting. Give a talk on your favourite picture offering good reasons for your preferences.

NOTE 3: Make use of prompts 1 (prompt questions), 2 (a plan of a picture description) or 3 (a sample description) depending on your readiness to describe a Renaissance painting.

Mona Lisa

TASK 4. You are eager to work as a guide at art gallery. You have an interview and are asked to describe the Renaissance masterpiece by Leonardo da Vinci.

NOTE 4: Make use of prompts 1 (prompt questions), 2 (a plan of a picture description) or 3 (a sample description) depending on your readiness to describe a Renaissance painting.

David

Task 5. You are a guide in the Museum of Louvre. Describe the masterpiece by Michelangelo to the tourists

NOTE 5: Make use of prompts 1 (prompt questions), 2 (a plan of a picture description) or 3 (a sample description) depending on your readiness to describe a Renaissance painting.

The Disrobing of Christ or El Expolio

TASK 6. You participate in the world art conference. Make a brief presentation of your favourite Old Master, El Greco and describe his masterpiece offering good reasons for your preference.

NOTE 6: Make use of prompts 1 (prompt questions), 2 (a plan of a picture description) or 3 (a sample description) depending on your readiness to describe a Renaissance painting.

Titian (1473/1490-1576)

Bacchus and Ariadne

TASK 7. You have just come back from London where you visited the National Gallery. Tell your friend about the picture �Bacchus and Ariadne� by Titian as it impressed you most of all.

NOTE 7: Make use of prompts 1 (prompt questions), 2 (a plan of a picture description) or 3 (a sample description) depending on your readiness to describe a Renaissance painting.

Self-Portrait

(Self Portrait at Twenty-Eight Years Old Wearing a Coat with Fur Collar)

Task 8: You are a famous art critic, you were invited to take part in an intellectual TV show. Now you are asked to make a description of �Self Portrait at Twenty-Eight Years Old Wearing a Coat with Fur Collar�. Try and do your best.

NOTE 8: Make use of prompts 1 (prompt questions), 2 (a plan of a picture description) or 3 (a sample description) depending on your readiness to describe a Renaissance painting.