UNIT 6

Development Tasks. Express Yourself!

Interrogation of the Communists

Task 1. While looking through a magazine your friend and you came across a picture "Interrogation of the Communists" by Boris Ioganson. Your friend asks you to describe the picture as she (he) doesn’t know much about it.

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 painting.

KEY NOTE: If you find describing a picture a rather challenging task for yourself, please, refer to the following texts for information about a sometimes-confusing attitude, whether Art reflects society or it is the society that reflects Art, about the link between art and society, and also about one's understanding of abstract painting and its importance in art history.

Bathing of a Red Horse

Task 2. Act as a guide to the picture by K.S. Petrov-Vodkin.

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 painting.

KEY NOTE: If you find describing a picture a rather challenging task for yourself, please, refer to the following texts for information about a sometimes-confusing attitude, whether Art reflects society or it is the society that reflects Art, about the link between art and society, and also about one's understanding of abstract painting and its importance in art history.

Partisan Madonna

Task 3. Tell your American friend about Mikhail Savitsky as a representative of Soviet Art.

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 painting.

KEY NOTE: If you find describing a picture a rather challenging task for yourself, please, refer to the following texts for information about a sometimes-confusing attitude, whether Art reflects society or it is the society that reflects Art, about the link between art and society, and also about one's understanding of abstract painting and its importance in art history.

Farewell to Rus

Task 4. You’ve just watched a TV program about the picture “Farewell to Rus” by Pavel Korin. Describe the picture for your friend as it impressed you much.

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 painting.

KEY NOTE: If you find describing a picture a rather challenging task for yourself, please, refer to the following texts for information about a sometimes-confusing attitude, whether Art reflects society or it is the society that reflects Art, about the link between art and society, and also about one's understanding of abstract painting and its importance in art history.

Black Square

Task 5. You’ve just read an article devoted to Suprematist movement and the picture “Black Square” by Kazimir Malevic. Tell your friend what you’ve learnt about the artist and the picture from the article.

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 painting.

KEY NOTE: If you find describing a picture a rather challenging task for yourself, please, refer to the following texts for information about a sometimes-confusing attitude, whether Art reflects society or it is the society that reflects Art, about the link between art and society, and also about one's understanding of abstract painting and its importance in art history.