Answer the questions to the texts. · Why did the Northern Renaissance happen later than in Italy?

· Why did the Northern Renaissance happen later than in Italy?

· How did the northern Renaissance differ from the Italian Renaissance?

· What are the main features of the German Renaissance?

· What new techniques were invented in German?

· Who are the most famous German artists?

· What are the distinctive features of El Greko masterpieces?

· How did Mannerism differ from the Renaissance?

· What is the difference between engraving and woodcut?

· Why did graphic arts become so popular?

Translate the sentences from English into Russian.

1.While the Italians looked to Classical antiquity for inspiration, northern Europeans looked to nature.

2. One of the first masters of the new art of portrait painting, van Eyck included extreme details like the beginning of stubble on his subject's chin.

3. Hans Holbein is known as one of the greatest portraitists ever.

4. Durer was the first to use printmaking as a major medium for art.

5. Mannerist paintings are identifiable because their style is predictable.

Look at the pictures. Discuss the following questions.

Color

1. Which painting is very light?

2. When an artist mixes white with colors, the artist makes a tint. Can you show me some places in these paintings where there are tints?

3. When an artist mixes black with a color, a shade is created. Can you show me some places in this painting where there are shades?

4. Can you show me some places where tints and shades are used right next to each other? Artists call this positioning contrast.

5. Which artwork has bright colors on one side and dark colors on the other?

Value

1. Can you show me some tints in some of the artworks?

2. Can you show me some shades in some of the artworks?

3. Is there a person (or other object) in a dark room or place? Where is the light coming from in the picture?

4. Help me find some big, dark shapes that are around some objects. Can you trace in the dark shapes with your finger?

5. Which artwork uses light and dark shapes of color that look very flat?

5. Retell the text according to the plan:

1. The Northern Renaissance.

2. The German Renaissance.

3. The Late Renaissance.

4. The famous artists and the new technologies.

Unit6

Baroque: the ornate age

1. Discuss the following questions:

· What do you know about this period?

· What examples of Baroque style in architecture do you know?

· Was this style popular in Russia?

· Who are the prominent artists of the period?

· Where did it start?

During the baroque period, Europe produced a multitude of painters, architects, sculptors, landscape architects, and composers, some of whom are listed below. Choose five of the people listed below, identify each of them, and cite at least two examples of their work that people still enjoy today. What generalizations can be made, if any, regarding who set the standards of artistic taste during the baroque period?

Meindert Hobbema

Pieter de Hooch

Jacques Lemercier

André Lenôtre

Louis Le Vau

J. B. Lully

François Mansart

Bartolomé Murillo

Jean–Marc Nattier

Balthasar Neumann

Claude Perrault

Giovanni Piazetta

Matthäus Pöppelmann

Jusepe de Ribera

Jan van Ruisdael

Andreas Schlüter

Antonio Scarlatti

Heinrich Schütz

Johann Wenzel Stamitz

Georg Philipp Telemann

Giovanni Tiepolo

Georges de la Tour

Sir John Vanbrugh

Anthony Vandyke

Diego Velázquez

Jan Vermeer

Antoine Watteau

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