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2) .
3) .
4) , , .
5) .
7. Make up sentences with the following phrases:
1) project (, ; ( . .)
to take part in a project
to carry out a project ,
to shelve a project " "
2) tradition (; )
in the best traditions of
to break with tradition
to establish, to start a tradition
to maintain, to preserve a tradition ,
3) furniture (, )
antique furniture
garden, lawn, outdoor, patio furniture
modern furniture
office furniture
secondhand, used furniture ,
a piece of furniture /
4) sculpture (, )
to cast a sculpture
to create, produce a sculpture
5) style (, )
to develop style /
to polish one's style, to refine one's style
6) sketch (, , )
to draw, make a sketch
composite sketch
rough sketch
8. Describe the style of Art Deco using the phrases from the text:
- elegant furniture - the expressiveness of the materials
- exotic décor - the blue, red, brown and gold colours
- the abundance of sculpture - the creation of prosperity and luxury
- the beauty of line - the genuine smell of money
The following phrases can help you:
Nowadays Art Deco is one of the most popular styles of design
The best traditions of Art Deco style are
The interior in traditions of Art Deco can be
The interior designed and decorated in art Deco style is usually
The most expressive evidence of Art Deco style is
The colours used in Art Deco are
TEXT 2
Read the text.
Museums come in different categories: there are treasure houses of world importance and small provincial museums on the other.
Every second summer, Monaco hosts a true festival of all the arts. Since 1975, Monaco has held a biennial antiques fair, which attracts all the most expensive art of private collections. Everything on sale here has to pass a tough selection procedure, and this turns the fair into a parade of top-quality world art.
The Monaco Antiques Fair is the brainchild of three towering figures from the European antiques world Mario Bellini, Jacques Perrin, and Maurice Segoura. They based the event on a very clear concept: a limited number of participants and objects of truly exceptional quality.
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Visitors have the opportunity to feast their eyes on canvases in gilded frames; graphic art by French, Italian, and Flemish masters; contemporary painting; and a great quantity of furniture, pieces of applied art, old gobelins, carpets, and some lavish sculptures.
The antiques dealers display their treasures in the Sporting d'Hiver, building in the Art Deco style. The fair is visited by up to 20,000 antiques aficionados.
treasure house
biennial
antiques fair
to turn into
brainchild , ,
towering
to feast ones eyes on ,
lavish ,
aficionado ,
2. True or false?
1) The antiques fair is held in a European museum by Monaco.
2) The organizers of the festival pick out the objects for the fair very strictly.
3) At the fair one can find antiques of high quality only.
4) The idea of this fair is the following: the more participators, the better.
5) The next festival of antiques will be in two years.
3. Find the English equivalents in the text:
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4. Find the synonyms in the text:
to hold a celebration, two-year, to captivate (to fascinate), high-priced, personal, strict, outstanding, modern (present day), to show, fans.
5. Answer the questions to the text:
1) When did the tradition of this biennial antique fair start?
2) Can any antiques collection be displayed at the fair in Monaco?
3) What is the main concept of the festival?
4) What pieces of antiques can visitors see at the fair?
6. Translate the sentences into English:
1) .
2) .
3) .
4) , , .
5) , , .
7. Make up a dialogue An interview with the organizers of the antiques fair in Monaco.
TEXT 3
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Gareth Williams, Londons trendiest museum curator, speaks about the Victoria and Albert museum in London:
The Victoria and Albert Museum was established as a collection showcasing industrial design; it was never a museum of fine arts. The driving idea is to inspire designers and the industry in general to create beautiful things. Today, we are returning to these origins; we are in the very centre of the creation of style. The museum has undergone some appreciable changes: its become a more fascinating place to work. We now pay more attention to contemporary design and architecture. Open evenings and fashion shows at the museum attract visitors who only five to ten years ago had never even heard of it. The museum has become more responsive to new developments and is part of a programme for promoting British designers
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The Victoria and Albert Museum a museum in central London that has valuable decorative objects of all styles and periods and from all over the world, such as paintings, glass, clothes and jewellery.
to showcase ,
to undergo some changes
appreciable ,
2. Find the English equivalents in the text:
, , , ,
3. Match the synonyms:
1) to inspire a) to regard
2) to create b) to display, to demonstrate
3) to attract c) to encourage
4) to consider d) to make, to invent, to produce
5) to promote e) to give an incentive, to support
6) to showcase f) to captivate, to fascinate
Fill in the gaps with the appropriate form of these verbs:
a) Their new design project a lot of attention of the public.
b) The decorators managed to a special atmosphere of that interior.
c) The main aim of the exhibition is to British design.
d) They arranged a big advertising campaign to their new stylish clothes.
e) The innovations in the field of interior design them to work harder.
f) Your ideas concerning the architecture of this building will be carefully .
4. Find the synonyms in the text:
basis, attractive (captivating, charming), modern (up-to-date), vogue, innovations
5. Make up sentences with the following phrases:
fashion ()
to set a fashion
to come into fashion
to go out of fashion ;
current fashion(s)
the latest fashion(s)
in fashion
out of fashion
6. Translate into English:
1) .
2) .
3) .
4) .
5) .
TEXT 4
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The twentieth century is the first century of self-conscious, total design at every level of our living and environment. Care and vision in application of design are demanded in every aspect of modern life - from our kitchens and bathrooms, to our factories and workshops, from our clothes and domestic objects, to the packaging of pocket calculators or the structuring of plastic dining chairs.
Although the word has been used since at least the fifteenth century, when Italian writers spoke of 'disegno' in describing the quality of line possessed by an image, in all essentials 'design' is an industrial or post-industrial concept. With the introduction of mass-production, the people who invented ideas for objects became separated from the people who made them who, again, were separated from the people who sold them. The industrial revolution also created the concept of the market. Personal need was replaced by a more abstract demand: the tastes of a large, amorphous body of consumers.
The modern designer came into being as an intermediary between industry and the consumer. His role was to adapt the products of industry to the mass market, to make them more useful and durable, perhaps, but to make them more appealing and commercially successful, certainly. Commercial success is the touchstone of achievement in design, although designers in different cultures have often taken different views as to how the achievement is measured or the success validated.
self-conscious
application , ,
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in all essentials
consumer
intermediary
durable
touchstone
achievement
to measure
to validate ,
2. Choose the most suitable title to the text:
1) The origin of the word design.
2) The modern concept of the market.
3) The introduction of design into our living.
4) Design as an industrial or post-industrial concept of style.
5) The main task of modern designers.
3. Find the English equivalents in the text:
, , , , , , ,
4. Match the synonyms:
1) to demand a) to accommodate, to adjust
2) to describe b) to have, to own
3) to possess c) to reach, to attain
4) to invent d) to require, to request
5) to separate e) to detach, to disconnect
6) to adapt f) to create, to make
7) to achieve g) to portray, to depict
Fill in the gaps with the appropriate form of these verbs:
1) There are many who will work hard to these goals.
2) The work your immediate attention.
3) At the last meeting with the customers the decorator his design project.
4) Shelves were built to the library for use as an office.
5) The director of the firm was interested to know if we any architectural plans.
6) If you dont have a creative way of thinking, itll be difficult to something new.
7) The garage is from the house by a path and a flower garden.
5. Make up your own sentences with the following verbs and phrases:
to describe , , ; ()
to describe in detail, to describe minutely
to describe vividly
to depict , , ,
to portray ; (-.), (-.),
to portray with a few strokes
Complete the sentences with the appropriate form of the verbs to describe, to depict, to portray or the nouns formed from these verbs: description, depiction, portrait (two variants are possible), then make up your own sentences with these words.
1) This painting the birth of Venus.
2) The author of the novel him as a rather unpleasant character.
3) The magazine has given a detailed of the latest fashion show.
4) The décor of the new restaurant was marvelous beyond .
5) This work of art the death of Nelson.
6) A wealthy man commissioned the artist to paint his .
