Imagine your group-mate is English. Ask him/her about their traditions associated with 'the coming of age' and tell him about our traditions in this respect

4. The painter wh o rejected the modern world

The appeal of Andrew Wyeth —America's most popular contempo­rary painter — is based on his rejection of the modern, commer­cialized world. His detailed and realistic canvases show artifacts and buildings that were made to last — such as rural houses in which generations of workers lived and died. His nostalgia for a lost America and his emphasis on the value of old-fashioned craftsmanship have drawn millions to his exhibitions. In the United States only Picasso's works have a greater mass appeal. Bom in 1917, he learned his craft from his father Newell Convers Wyeth, a painter and book illustrator. He was twenty when he held his first one-man show, in Philadelphia. As a mature artist, he confined his work to rural areas in Maine and Pennsylvania. Working mainly in

tempera (a mixture of powder color and egg yolk), he painted with a visionary quality that lifted his work above simple naturalism. His major paintings include Wind from the Sea (1947), Christina's World (1948), The Patriot (1964), and Witching Hour (1977).

Christina's World Christina Olson, a New England polio victim, reminded Wyeth of a 'wounded seagull'. He watched her hauling herself back home after gathering vegetables in a nearby field. The picture, he said, was more than just her portrait. 'It really was her whole life'.

Exercises

a. Read the text and write down the words which are pronounced in the following way:

[n'd3ek|n] [кэпЧетрэгэп] ____________

['kasnvas] ___________ ['dirteild]

['naetjralizm] __________ [,ri3'listik]

['po:trrt]_________________ ['шэгэ1] ___________

b. Read the following questions for your group-mate to answer. Write down the answers.
1 'Have you 'seen this 'picture

be/ fore?--------------------------------------------------------------------

2 'How does it im ♦ press you?

3 'Why do you 'think the 'painter

'chose this * theme?

4 'What i'dea did he 'most ______________________

'probably 'try to 'bring to the

'heart of the» viewers?

с Say what you now know about:

■ Andrew Wyeth and his comparison with Pablo Picasso i the role his father played in Andrew choosing the career of a painter

d. Translate into English paying attention to the use of tenses and voices:

1 Американский живописец Эндрю Уайет — сын Ньюэла Кон-верса Уайета, крупнейшего художника-иллюстратора. Он ил­люстрировал "Приключения Тома Сойера", "Остров сокровищ" и другие детские классические книги.

2 Вы помните, в каком году была написана картина "Мир Кри­стины"?

3 Я не знаю, когда и где проходила последняя выставка его картин.

4 Полотна многих художников отображают трагедию человека. Например, картины русских художников-передвижников.

e. Complete the following sentences the way you find appropriate:

1 Christina Olson was ill with_____________________________

2 She lived in__ a state of America.

3 As to her background, most probably she was_______________

4 The girl reminded the painter of__________________________

5 You cannot help sympathizing with_______________________

6 The painter was superb in showing_______________________

5. The family who relax for a living (an extract from a magazine article)

Jessica and Jamie Seaton, the couple behind the mail order com­pany Toast, provide not only clothes, but also the perfect example. My arrival found the elder Seatons with their 17-year-old daughter Rachel and 13-year-old son Nick in the yard of their stone farm­house irt Fulham, Wales. The Seatons had invited me to supper the night before.

Soon we sat round the kitchen table drinking Pimms' and chatting like old pals. Orlando the marmalade cat and Tibbs the tabby, like any other pets, were adding a special comfort to the house. The Seatons, in the easy unstructured linen clothes that they sell by mail order under the label Toast, appeared to be a living adver­tisement for their wares.

The Seatons are originally from Northern England. Jessica and Jamie met at Birmingham University 20 years ago. As graduates in archaeology and ancient history, they came to Wales to work on an Iron Age dig. When the job ended, says Jamie, 'the only way to stay down here was to be self-employed, doing a crafty kind of thing. We bought a knitting machine and a pile of wool for 300 pounds, worked out how to write a pattern and off we went. We had no idea about business first.'

Now they are successful knitwear designers. The latest Toast catalogue concentrates on linen pyjamas and gowns, pure Irish linens and Indian cottons, mouthwatering colours, generous cuts, wareable shapes and... bearable prices.

The Seatons are now looking ahead. The new catalogue, says Ja­mie, will be more opulent, with richer colours, velvet gowns and drawstring trousers, cashmere and silk pyjamas and many other things.

The Seatons say that Wales and Welsh blankets with their tradi­tional tapestry look, is inspiring their confidence and creativity. It is a rewarding place to live and work.

Exercises

a. Read the text and write a few sentences about:

i the Seatons' background

i how they became knitware designers

■ the company they ran and the assortment

■ their family and house

b. Write down the words which are pronounced in the following way:

[ta n'laeks] flmm]

[,n:laek'seijn] ['rutin]

['Lvmfst] [рэ^за:тэ]

['kAmfotabl] [gaun]

с Read and paraphrase the following sentences:

1 The 'Seatons pro'vide the 'perfect e * xample.

2 The 'couple ap'peared to be a 'living advertisement of their» wares.

3 We 'wanted to 'do a 'crafty 'kind of > thing.

4 And ^ off we went.

d. Write out the words associated with the craft of designing clothes
from the text and translate them into Russian.

e. Translate into English paying attention to the use of tenses and voices:

1 Я не знаю, когда у них брали интервью, но, наверное, не так давно.

2 Я думаю, журналистка подготовила вопросы заранее.

3 На пресс-конференции журналисты получили ответы на многие вопросы.

f. Say if you agree or disagree and substantiate your point of view:

1 It is very creative when a married couple are doing business to­gether.

2 The Seatons' business was flourishing because they chose the proper fabrics for clothes.

3 Wales and Welsh blankets, which have a traditional tapestry look, were very inspiring for the Seatons.

=1 Do you know this?

Tapestry is a heavy textile fabric having a vericoloured, often pictorial design woven

across the warp, used especially for wall hangings or furniture coverings.

Sometimes tapestry \s applied to a textile imitating a genuine tapestry.

Tapestry is synonymous with canvaswork.

Six groups of stitches are used in canvaswork, they are: chain stitch, cross-stitch,

featherstitch, blanket stitch, running stitch and weaving stitch.

The art of decorative stitching is synonymous with embroidery.

g. Have a look at the pictures and write which stitches are familiar to you and make a few short sentences:

e.g. / remember when my grandma or When I was in the museum of _

Chain stitch. The basic chain stitch is a series of interlocking loops. When worked in lose rows, it can be used to cover an area.

Tied herringbone

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