ART VOCABULARY

What are Visual Arts?, Plastic Arts & More about Painting

VOCABULARY

1) Match the words to the corresponding definition.

CONTEXT / MESSAGE / RECEIVER / CODE / CHANNEL / VISUAL COMMUNICATION / SENDER

a) …………………… A spoken or written piece of information that you send to another person.
b) …………………… Exchange of messages through images.
c) …………………… Producer or author of a message or visual product.
d) ………………… Spectator, reader or interpreter of the message.
e) …………………… Set of signs that organise a message; rules or conventions of the message.
f) …………………… The situation, events or information that are related to something, and that help
you to understand it better.
g) …………………… A system or method that you use to send or obtain information about a particular
subject.

2) Read and match the beginnings and endings of these sentences.

a) ART is defined …… in terms of what you can do with your hands.

b) VISUAL ARTS are messages …… natural or imaginary scenery.
c) COMMUNICATION is an exchange …… of a motionless or animated individual.
d) PLASTIC ARTS are widely defined …… that become meaningful in a social context.
e) A PORTRAIT is the representation …… according to different ideological views along history.
f) A LANDSCAPE is a picture representing …… that represents people in their cultural and social setting.
g) A CUSTOM SCENE is a kind of painting …… among people in order to take part in social life.

VOCABULARY IN CONTEXT
3) Read and choose the best words to complete this summary of the text “A Century of Change”.

CUBISM SALVADOR DALÍ EXPRESSIONISTS CENTURY

COLOURS REPRESENTATIONAL TRADITIONAL

In the 20th ………………………………. there were more art movements than in any other century. The first one to
be mentioned is Fauvism. Characterized by its shocking ………………………………. and rough textures.
Following Fauvism, it came ………………………………., in which objects and people were represented by
geometric forms. Dadaism followed. It rebelled against war and bourgeois values and rejected
………………………………. artistic values.
The best known inter-war movement in art was Surrealism. The most important Surrealist painters were Max
Ernst, ………………………………. and Joan Miró.
After World War II, American artists developed new styles. Abstract ………………………………., such as Jackson
Pollock and Willem de Kooning, expressed their emotion through non-representational means.
Finally, in the 1960s, Op Art used abstract optical illusions for its special effects. Pop Art, on the other hand, is
………………………………. . Pop artists, like Andy Warhol, got their imagery from advertising billboards, films,
comic strips and ordinary, everyday objects.
4) Complete these word spiders.
Surrealism Wood Expressionism Clay Marble Graphisms Shapes Paint Cubism
Paper Colours Informalism Light Abstraction Dots Minimal Art Geometric shapes
Neoplasticism Sculpture Metal Painting Collage Lines Pop-art Space Perspective
Op-art Engraving Ceramics Drawing

PLASTIC ARTS MATERIALS PLASTIC ELEMENTS VANGUARDS

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PLASTIC ARTS MATERIALS PLASTIC ELEMENTS VANGUARDS
Drawing Wood Graphisms Pop-art
Engraving Metal Colours Op-art
Ceramics Clay Lines Abstraction
Sculpture Marble Shapes Cubism
Painting Paint Light Neoplasticism
(Collage) Paper Dots Informalism
Geometric shapes Minimal Art
Perspective Surrealism
Space Expressionism