UNIT 6
Exercise 1. Get together with another student and practice the pronunciation of the following proper names and words:
Fauvism, avant-garde, surrealism, cubism, futurism, dada, juxtapose, concrete, figurative, euphoria, modernism, dissonance, assonance, technique, isolationist
Exercise 2. Give the Russian equivalents of the following words and word combinations. Recall the situations from the text with them.
to awaken in people the noble feelings, to infuse energy into them, a powerful means of presenting truths about humankind, awareness, to experience art, appreciation for the human experience, to have a strong emotional response to art, a recognizable change, to put understanding into practice, to induce critical thinking
NOTE: Check your answers with the key.
Exercise 3. Think of the English variants of the following:
широко распространено, что (всеми признано, что); произведения искусства, оценить значимость (важность) искусства, соответствовать (служить) разным целям, донести искусство до простых людей, способствовать реализации положительного изменения в обществе, отображать положительные стороны жизни людей, способствовать пониманию
NOTE: Check your answers with the key.
Exercise 4. Explain the meaning of the following words and word combinations from the text. Consult a dictionary of art and/or philosophy terms if necessary:
pictorial movement, materialistic values, critical thinking, primitive styles, “lyrical abstraction”, “concrete” painting, independent intellectual entity, “transparency” of the painting, “action painting”, geometric art, figurative painting