HISTORY OF THE ART

VOCABULARY
USEFUL EXPRESSIONS
TO COMMENT A WORK
OF ART
Waterloo Bridge, oil on canvas by Monet.
1. Identify the artwork :

WHAT ?

This is an ILLUSTRATION by JB
Yeats.

This is an oil PAINTING by

Edward Hopper.
This is a DRAWING by Picasso.

This is a COLLAGE by Henry

Matisse.
This is a PHOTOGRAPHY by
Steve Mac Curry.
This is a SCULPTURE by Henri
Moore.
 TITLE OF THE
WORK OF ART

This painting is called/ is entitled

THE RUNAWAY.

It was painted by Norman Rockwell in

WHO / WHEN / 1958.He is a famous 20th century
NATIONALITY American painter and illustrator.

THE ARTIST
This artist was born in1894 in New
York and died in 1978 in Stockbridge
NAME / PLACE AND
DATE OF BIRTH : at the age of 84. ( OR is still alive)
nationality.
ART MOVEMENT
Norman Rockwell is associated with
the photorealism art movement.
(impressionist/ expressionist /
surrealist / pop art …movement)

2. Describe the artwork:

WHERE The scene take place IN( the USA) /

inside ≠ outside)/ AT (home)

It takes place ...

WHEN - during the day - at night
- late in the evening - early in the
morning
- after school - at the weekend...
 There is ... a boy / a girl
WHO There are ... people
There are ....  adults, children,
girls, boys

PRESENT BE + Ving
He is looking ( at the police
WHAT
officer)
They are talking about…

On the left…there is + n sing/are + n plur.

DESCRIPTION The colours are vivid / warm / cool
To employ / use bright ≠ dull colours
Contrasts : black/ white ; movement ;
proportions.
There is a contrast between … and …
 The Liffey swim, JB Yeats( 1923).
Composition At the top
In the background

In the middle

On the left On the right

In the foreground

At the bottom
ANALYSIS
It depicts…
It expresses…
It represents…
It symbolizes…
The artist shows / illustrates
He /she wants to suggest that…
To concentrate on / focus on…
 3. Give your opinion.

I chose to describe this painting because…

I like/ am fond of the colors /the theme
It conveys / gives an impression of…
It It treats the theme of…. It deals with …
I think this artist is the best/ the most famous…
It reminds me of …
It makes me think of …
Personally, I find it amusing / convincing / just beautiful /
original / moving / strange / interesting…