Art is long, life is short.
What is art? In my opinion, It is soul of mankind, creative understanding of life and world. The role of art is very important. Art is everyday component of our life. Our speech is art, because we build up sentences, choose definite words, use suitable intonation to express our emotions. The sentence: 'I love you' without art would be colourless. Art reflects our inner world. People brought up on films about violence and sex become cruel and angry. Wonderful music, classical literature encourage us and give us positive feelings, kindness and tenderness. Thanks to art we develop and become perfect. It broaden our horizons.
People try to understand works of geniuses, who have their own vision of world. Everybody should want to see the beauty and try to understand it.From the works of art we can learn about our history. Surikov, Repin, Leonardo da Vinci, Titian are well-known for painting mythological and historical subjects.Art decorates our life. We visit theatres, museums, galleries to get enjoyment, good feelings ant to relax.Art is everlasting because it adds beauty and kindness in our world. Without art our life will be dull, colourless and depressing.
Exercise 5: Select which of the following sentences use numbers correctly.
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Exercise 6: Read and write the following cardinal numerals:
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- 3; 13; 30; 4; 40; 15; 2; 12; 20; 8; 18; 80
- 21; 82; 35; 44; 33; 55; 96; 67; 79; 41; 53;
- 143; 258; 414; 331; 972; 205; 101; 557; 999
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Vocabulary
to see the graffiti on the walls
to express the inner world
the painter, the artist
to change
an advertisement
to impress (impression) - ()
to share feelings
to enjoy the beauty of the world
to relax and relieve stress
to forget about the troubles
to escape from problems
to encourage
to broaden our horizons
to be keen on, to be fond of
Exercise 1: Read and translate the text:
Street Art
New Yorkers like to see the graffiti on the walls of subway trains, or houses or even in some other places. You can see the scrawled names and slogans which express the inner world of the painter or are written for political point. Up to the 1970s, most New Yorkers hated graffiti and it was illegal and the government punishes all the artists by fines.
Since those days, graffiti has changed a lot and it is no longer found only in the subway and the poor parts of the city. Nowadays, it has the status of 'street art' and you get graffiti in places where you wouldn't expect to - in advertisements, on clothes, on toys, and even on the Wall Street Journal's official website! In the early 1980s, there was a real craze for graffiti art and Manhattan art world had displays of street art in its galleries. The trend was short-lived - until the arrival of hip-hop music in the late 80s.
Hip-hop was originally black music, sung by young African Americans from the poor, run-down districts of American cities. When it suddenly got to the top of the American music charts, hip-hop culture was spread, bringing graffiti with it.
Today companies start to realize that graffiti can be used even in advertising. Kel Rodriguez, who used to spray New York subway trains, was the artist who decided to design the Wall Street Journal's website and it was done in graffiti-style. Another artist, Blade, has his own website devoted only to the world of graffiti. People can sell things with his own original designs on this website! Leonard McGurr, a street artist for 25 years, went from painting subway trains to designing and marketing graffiti-inspired clothes for young people. Graffiti has been a story of survival, he says.
Task
- Tell your classmates what new facts about graffiti you have learned from the text.
- Make up short dialogues (your friend hasnt heard about this kind of art, explain him where it appeared, how it developed, whose art is it).
Exercise 2: Translate the following sentences into Ukrainian:
1. The term Modern art is usually associated with art in which the traditions of the past embodied () in a spirit of the new experimentation.
2. In another words, modern art is an unusual way of representation of art.
3. Modern artists experimented with fresh ideas about the functions of art and nature of materials and with new ways of seeing.
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4. With modernism was began the freedom of expression which continued and become a part of the world of art after Second World War and it is still a big part of artistic creation today.
5. The art can help people to share their feelings, enjoy the beauty of the world, relax and relieve stress, with the help of art we can forget about the troubles, escape from problems and broaden our horizons.
Task
Read the sentences and think about the words and phrases given below.Work out the meanings from the context. Dont use a dictionary.
1. You hear the lovely song of a nightingale or a melody of a river, you admire the picturesque landscapes of nature, you touch a sea stone with a unique shape - those things appeal to your senses and your emotions.
2. Non-motivated purposes of art include the imitation of harmony, balance and rhythms in form, symbols, ideas, human experiences in the Universe.
3. Motivated functions of art refer to universal communication, relaxation, a way of treating people in a society, and\or propaganda.