UNIT 5
Exercise 1. Get together with another student and practise the spelling and pronunciation of the following:
Крепостное право, просвещение, эстетический, псевдо, цензура, престиж, канон, коммуна, эрозия, кредо, расторжение, наследуемый, безжалостно.
Exercise 2. Read out the words and their derivatives with proper word stress:
Aristocratic � aristocracy, sincere � sincerity, progress � to progress, hostile � hostility, deep � depth, antique � antiquity, exhibit � exhibition, control � to control, proud � pride
Exercise 3. Give English variants to:
Отражать чаяния народа, изображать широту народной души, быть значимым в художественно образовательном отношении, будить в зрителях чувство, политическое по цели и реалистичное по трактовке, устраивать выставки, бунт, быть лишенным, репрессии, высокомерие, высокие церковные чины, новаторский подход, разрыв, провозглашаемый (исповедуемый).
NOTE: Check your answers with the key.
Exercise 4. Fill in the blanks with proper prepositions:
1. The new trend � art had as its basis the spirit of democracy.
2. Those were years of struggle � serfdom � the rights of the Common man.
3. The language of their art was realistic and understandable � all.
4. Works produced � the Academy walls or � its approval were � the most part episodes from the Bible, classical or European history and mythology.
5. The heroes and events of antiquity were viewed as a kind of aesthetic ideal and were therefore devoid � any sense of actuality.
6. Dissatisfaction � the academic system gradually gained hold both � the public and among the Academy�s students.
7. 14 most illustrious undergraduates led � Ivan Kramskoy left the Academy without graduating � protest against the old Academic canons when they were denied � a free choice of the subject matter for their graduation canvases.
8. They organized the Petersburg Association (Artel) of Artists, a kind of commune, which broke� several years later, to give rise � a second and more powerful democratic union of artists, independent � the Academy � the Society of Travelling Art Exhibitions.
9. The pictures were realistic � treatment and often political � purpose.
10. The art of the Itinerants was inspired by a great love for their country and it contributed � the strengthening of people�s pride � their native land and the growth of their self-consciousness.
11. There were frank discussions � each other�s works and critical comments were accepted � due regard. The atmosphere that reigned in the Society contributed greatly � the success of the Itinerants.
12. The Society members were subjected � administrative persecution, strict censorship and vicious attacks � the reactionary press. � the other hand, well aware � the Academy�s diminishing prestige and erosion of its principles, the government tried to subordinate the Society � the Academy
13. Their art, directed � the existing social order for freedom and democracy was received � contempt and hostility by the authorities.
14. It led � the weakening of their ties � the Society and � some instances� a complete breach � it.