Scribd Logo
Upload

Welcome to Scribd!

  • Active Vocabulary

    Uploaded by

    Julia
    26 views1 page
    The document discusses key vocabulary related to the fine arts, including: 1) Terms to describe types of art, artists, and places art is displayed or collected. 2) Verbs used to describe how art is created, such as painting from life or imagination. 3) Topics and subjects commonly depicted in art, like nature or biblical scenes. 4) Ways artists portray people and scenes, like faithfully reproducing details or conveying emotions. 5) Effects artists aim to achieve, like giving a scene dramatic lighting or appealing to the viewer's taste. 6) Reactions art can elicit, such as arousing a passionate response or having a timeless quality.

    Original Description:

    vocabulary related to art

    Copyright

    © © All Rights Reserved

    Available Formats

    DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Did you find this document useful?

    Is this content inappropriate?

    Report this Document
    The document discusses key vocabulary related to the fine arts, including: 1) Terms to describe types of art, artists, and places art is displayed or collected. 2) Verbs used to describe how art is created, such as painting from life or imagination. 3) Topics and subjects commonly depicted in art, like nature or biblical scenes. 4) Ways artists portray people and scenes, like faithfully reproducing details or conveying emotions. 5) Effects artists aim to achieve, like giving a scene dramatic lighting or appealing to the viewer's taste. 6) Reactions art can elicit, such as arousing a passionate response or having a timeless quality.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Flag for inappropriate content
    Download as docx, pdf, or txt
    26 views1 page

    Active Vocabulary

    Uploaded by

    Julia
    The document discusses key vocabulary related to the fine arts, including: 1) Terms to describe types of art, artists, and places art is displayed or collected. 2) Verbs used to describe how art is created, such as painting from life or imagination. 3) Topics and subjects commonly depicted in art, like nature or biblical scenes. 4) Ways artists portray people and scenes, like faithfully reproducing details or conveying emotions. 5) Effects artists aim to achieve, like giving a scene dramatic lighting or appealing to the viewer's taste. 6) Reactions art can elicit, such as arousing a passionate response or having a timeless quality.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Flag for inappropriate content
    Download as docx, pdf, or txt
    of 1

    Active vocabulary

    1. The Fine Arts (drawing, painting, sculpture, design, etc.) pictorial/visual art
    2. art critic / specialist / collector / connoisseur / worker art gallery / museum / collection /
    treasures / exhibits
    3. to appreciate painting / talent / artistic work / style / trend to ignore talent / established
    school / technique
    4. to enjoy immediate/continuous success/popularity
    5. to acquire/develop/cultivate/possess a taste for; to lack a taste for
    6. to be famous/well-known/celebrated/renowned for; ill-famed
    7. to capture/captivate/strike the eye/attention; to arrest one's eye
    8. to paint/draw from life/memory/imagination
    to paint in the open air/in the studio/indoors/outdoors to make sketches/studies in the atelier/at
    the location
    9. to take subjects from the Bible/mythology/everyday life
    to treat the subject in ... manner/style; to make smth. the subject
    10. to describe one's native land/nature/scenery/bouquets, etc. to reproduce objects/the
    essential/details faithfully/true to life to portray people/scenes with sympathy/understanding
    to depict scenes from everyday life; to render with accuracy to convey an idea/message/air of
    spontaneity/mixture of emotions to present a sitter/model in a flattering pose/attitude to paint
    smb. richly apparelled/in profile/in full-face/close-up
    11. to give a decisive impetus/impulse/momentum/stimulus to
    12. to underline/emphasize/reinforce/heighten/enhance/accentuate the effect/light/movement;
    to suppress the light
    to give a scene a dramatic light; to bring into the limelight
    13. to appeal to one's taste/heart/mind; to have an appeal
    14. to arouse/evoke/cause/excite a warm/passionate/powerful response or echo in the people's heart/soul
    to strike a chord in the human heart
    15. to stand the test of time; one's art is timeless
    16. to have an irresistible fascination/influence/impact on

    You might also like