Answer the questions to the texts. · Why did the Renaissance first begin in Italy?

· Why did the Renaissance first begin in Italy?

· What are the characteristics of humanism?

· How did the Italian Renaissance differ from the Renaissance of the 12c?

· What were the distinctive characteristics of Renaissance art and architecture? How were they different from medieval art and Gothic architecture?

· Who were the major artists of the High Renaissance period?

· What new artistic techniques were introduced by Renaissance artists?

· What were the main inventions of Leonardo?

Translate the sentences from English into Russian.

1.The founder of Early Renaissance painting, which became the cornerstone of European painting for more than six centuries, was Masaccio.

2. In the sixteenth century, artistic leadership spread from Florence to Rome and Venice, where giants like Leonardo, Michelangelo, and Raphael created sculpture and paintings with total technical mastery – a culmination referred to as the High Renaissance.

3. To avoid the solemnity of most formal portraits, Leonardo engaged musicians and jesters to amuse his subject.

4. Unfortunately, Leonardo was not temperamentally suited to the demands of traditional fresco painting, which required quick, unerring brushwork instead of accumulated blurred shadings.

5. Of the three major figures of the High Renaissance school (Leonardo, Michelangelo, and Raphael), Raphael (1483–1520) would be voted Most Popular. Called to Rome by the pope at age 26 to decorate the Vatican rooms.

3. Look at the two paintings. Compare them, use the words and phrases from the text.

4. Retell the text according to the plan:

1. The Renaissance.

2. The Early Renaissance.

3. The Italian Renaissance.

4. The famous artists and the new technologies.

Find the answer to the crossword puzzle.

ACROSS

1 The appearance of space or distance in a 2–dimensional artwork.

5 A big difference between 2 parts of an artwork.

6 The placement of some objects to partly cover other objects.

9 A design principle used to guide the viewers’ eyes around the work.

11 A pattern of squares of equal size.

12 The use of shape, colour or size to make part of an artwork stand out.

DOWN

1 The changing of the way an object bending or looks like stretching its shape.

2 The way the parts of an artwork are put together.

3 An artwork made by pressing an object covered with wet colour against the flat surface.

4 A part of an artwork that seems closest.

7 A darker value of a colour made by mixing it with black.

8 A lighter colour made by mixing a colour and white.

10 A large painting that covers a wall.

13 The way an artwork makes the viewer feel, such as happy or sad.

Unit5

The rebirth of art: THE northern RENAISSANCE

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