Answer the questions to the texts. · Why is the Middle Ages known as the Dark Period?

· Why is the Middle Ages known as the Dark Period?

· What did Mediaeval mosaics depict?

· How many periods of art are distinguished within Middle Ages? What are they?

· Did Byzantine statues represent the naked beautiful bodies?

· What is the difference between Roman and Byzantine mosaic?

· What are the distinctive features of Romanesque art?

· Were Gothic cathedrals decorated with rose windows?

· Who was Giotto? What do you know about his style?

· What are the general characteristics of medieval art?

Read the sentences about medieval art and fill in the gaps with the appropriate words or phrases.

1. Pictures were __________________ and had no _______________.

2. Artwork had _______________________ themes.

3. Most pictures told stories of ___________________ or _____________.

4. Gothic inventions such as ____________________, __________________, and ____________________ were use in the construction of churches.

5. Gothic churches were well known for their ____________________________.

6. Sculptures on cathedrals often had ____________________ heads and __________________ bodies.

7. In Byzantine art, the colors are ____________ and the figures seem _________and ________________.

8. The eyes of Byzantine figures are ____________________.

9. The back grounds are generally ____________________________.

10. Most art was meant to be a ________________________ lesson.

Translate the sentences from English into Russian.

1.The Middle Ages included the millennium from the fifth to the fifteenth century, roughly from the fall of Rome until the Renaissance.

2. Byzantium was the center of a brilliant civilization combining early Christian art with the Greek Oriental taste for rich decoration and color.

3. The exterior of Romanesque churches was rather plain except for sculptural relief around the main portal.

4. Because Italy maintained contact with Byzantine civilization, the art of painting was never abandoned.

5. The Early Gothic sculptures of Chartres and the High Gothic stone figures of Reims Cathedral show the evolution of medieval art.

4. Retell the text according to the plan:

1. Byzantine art.

2. Romanesque art.

3. Gothic art.

Unit4

the rebirth of art: THE Italian RENAISSANCE

1. Discuss the following questions:

· When did the renaissance start?

· Where did it start?

· What changes in the sphere of art happened?

· Who are the main artists of this period?

· What distinctive features of this epoch do you know?

Look at the map and describe the countries where the Renaissance started and took place, main artists and their masterpieces.

Read and translate the text.

The Renaissance

In the early 1400s, the world woke up. From its beginnings in Florence, Italy, this renaissance, or rebirth, of culture spread to Rome and Venice, then, in 1500, to the rest of Europe (known as the Northern Renaissance): the Nether­lands, Germany, France, Spain, and England.

Aided by new technical knowledge like the study of anatomy, artists achieved new heights in portraiture, landscape, and mythological and religious paintings. As skills increased, the prestige of the artist soared, reaching its peak during the High Renaissance (1500–1520) with megastars like Leonardo, Michelangelo, and Raphael.

During the Renaissance, such things as the exploration of new continents and scientific research boosted man's belief in himself, while, at the same time, the Protestant Reformation decreased the sway of the church. As a result, the study of God the Supreme Being was replaced by the study of the human being. From the minutely detailed, realistic portraits of Jan van Eyck, to the emotional intensity of Durer's woodcuts and engravings, to the contorted bod­ies and surreal lighting of El Greco, art was the means to explore all facets of life on earth.

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