Resources to learn English: November 2024

Wednesday, 13 November 2024

ART VOCABULARY

PAINTING

A picture, design, or piece of art done in paints

Some paintings can become a MASTERPIECE (Obra maestra), the most outstanding piece of work of a creative artist, craftsman, etc.

CANVAS

A tightly stretched (extended) cloth surface on which to paint.

FRAME

A border or case for enclosing a picture, mirror, etc.

ARTIST/ PAINTER

A person who creates works of art.

The artist is holding a PALETTE and a BRUSH

TYPES OF PAINTINGS:

1. PORTRAIT

It is a pictorial representation of a person usually showing the face and shoulders.

2. STILL LIFE

Painting or drawing of an arrangement of objects, typically including fruit and flowers and objects contrasting with these in texture, such as bowls and glassware.

Vincent van Gogh, Sunflowers 1888

3.ABSTRACT

Abstract art is art that does not attempt to represent an accurate depiction of a visual reality but instead uses shapes, colours, forms and gestural marks to achieve its effect.

4.LANDSCAPE

A painting representing a view of the countryside.

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Monday, 11 November 2024

He was born in 1746 in Fuendetodos (Aragón), Spain and he died in 1828. He was a Spanish artist whose paintings, drawings, and engravings reflected contemporary historical upheavals and influenced important 19th- and 20th-century painters.

Goya became a court painter to the Spanish Crown in 1786 and this early portion of his career is marked by portraits of the Spanish aristocracy and royalty, and Rococo-style tapestry cartoons designed for the royal palace.

He had a severe and undiagnosed illness in 1793 that left him deaf, after which his work became progressively darker and more pessimistic