Hometask for Wednesday, March 6

March 6 is Speech Practice.

Tasks to do:

1) TOPICS 4 and 5 - to be written and 1 of them  to be learnt by heart.

You will need a simple PowerPoint presentation to accompany the topic you are going to present in class.

4.   Painting: Portrait Painting. What does an artist convey when painting a portrait with photographic detail, as flatter, as distortion of human face and body? Portrait painting in different cultures: William Hogarth, Mary Cassat, Valentin Serov.

5. Painting: Innumerable Masterpieces of the Tretyakov Gallery. When and how was it founded? Who was Pavel Tretyakov? Are there Tretyakovs nowadays? What does the Gallery’s collection consist of? Dwell on the peculiarities of the masterpieces you like most.

2) Rendering: week 4 (in your blogs). 

You are free to choose an article. It has to do with modern art (painting) or modern artists.
The article is no older than 6 months!!!

Deadline: Saturday, March 23)  Laboratory work 4.

Do Tasks III-VI 

The written task can be ommitted. We do Task 5 instead!

4) Watch a video (to your choice) and leave a commentary (in this blog).

PORTRAIT from ArtBabble

What is represented in the picture? What is peculiar about it? What movement does it belong to?How does the picture make you feel? What do you think about the artist's manner?

Hometask for Friday, March 1 (double class)

March 1 is Speech Practice.

Tasks to do:

1) TOPICS 2 and 3 - to be written and 1 of them  to be learnt by heart.

You will need a simple PowerPoint presentation to accompany the topic you are going to present in class.

2.  Painting: Landscape Painting. How varied it can be: topographical realism and landscape of the mind, the conception of relationship between man and nature as reflected in composition.

See:
Landscape of the mind - 1

3.  Painting: Poetry and Music of the Sea. Marine Painting as represented in the works by J.M.W. Turner, Ivan Aivazovsky and Winslow Homer.

2) English-3. Part 2.

 Portrait Painting

Texts from English-3 Part 2, pp. 187-195, 198, 200-202, 205-206

3) Rendering: week 3 (in your blogs). 

You are free to choose an article. It has to do with modern art (painting) or modern artists.
The article is no older than 6 months!!!

Deadline: Saturday, March 2

4) Watch Schama's film about William Turner.

Share your impression about the masterpiece presented in the video in this blog!!!

5)  Laboratory work 3. 

The written task can be ommitted. We do Task 5 instead!

Hometask for Wednesday, February 27

February 27 is Home Reading.

The story to read is M. Burgess First Night

Reader-3, pp. 118-131

Questions to do in writing.

11, 13, 14

NEW ITEMS: 4, 6, 8 are  to be answered in detail!!!

While interpreting, pay attention to the following question (to be included in your written interpretation)

Interpretation is to be done in writing and you are to be ready to present it in class.


HOW DO YOU LIKE THIS STORY?

Share the impressions in the commentaries.

Hometask for Friday, February 22

February 22 is Speech Practice.

Tasks to do:

1) TOPIC 1 - to be written and learnt by heart.

You will need a simple PowerPoint presentation to accompany the topic.

Painting: What Is an Artist? Paradoxical does it seem to be: the artist as a man apart, as ‘the pilgrim to some shrine that does not exist’, and the artist as a man rooted deeply in his own time, in his own society, conveying the atmosphere of his time.

2) English-3. Part 2.

February 18 - 23 Landscape Painting

Texts from English-3 Part 2, pp. 179-187, 195-196, 198-200

3) Rendering: week 2 (in your blogs). 

You are free to choose an article. It has to do with modern art (painting) or modern artists.
The article is no older than 6 months!!!

Deadline: Saturday, February 16

4) Laboratory work 2. 

The written task can be ommitted. We do Task 5 instead!

5) Watch a video (to your choice) and leave a commentary (in this blog).

LANDSCAPE from ArtBabble

What is represented in the picture? What is peculiar about it? What movement does it belong to?How does the picture make you feel? What do you think about the artist's manner?

Hometask for Monday, February 18

February 18 is Speech Practice

1. You are to make 5 posts  in Art Movements blog

4 post about different movements (assigned individually)

• brief info;
• a picture;
• key characteristics;
• artists (full names with links).

1 post - a description of a landscape you like.

HOW TO DESCRIBE ART

Painting Critique Checklist

Art Words List

2. The tasks we failed to check for known reasons.

Happy Valentine's Day

Hometask for Wednesday, February 20

February 20 is Home Reading.

The story to read is W. Caine Mendoza Sells Himself

Reader-3, pp. 132-144

Questions to do in writing.

 9 - these four include many questions, all comprehension questions can be answered orally, but 2-3 analytical ones in each block are to be answered in writing!

NEW ITEMS: 11, 13, 14, 15 are  to be answered in detail!!!

While interpreting, pay attention to the following question (to be included in your written interpretation)

Your interpretation is to include:
1. Author

2. Title (its direct and indirect meanings)

question 3

3. Themes (main and sub-themes)

question 4

3. a Question 5

4. Plot summary (8-10 sentences)

5. Main idea

6. Character sketch (one of the three main characters)

question 7, 10, 12

6.a. questions 14-15

7. Impression
question 17

Interpretation in writing and be ready to present it in class.


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Share the impressions in the commentaries.