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Lingua - Art Words

The document provides information about different types of art including painting, photography, sculpture and architecture. It also defines various art supplies and tools such as a canvas, paintbrush, paintbox, sketchbook and pastels. The document matches art mediums to the person who works in them such as a painter who paints paintings. It also describes famous works like Van Gogh's Sunflowers using terms like copies, canvases, shades and versions. Finally, it provides words to describe artworks like vibrant, depressing, detailed, realistic, edgy, monochrome, glossy and abstract.

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Lingua - Art Words

The document provides information about different types of art including painting, photography, sculpture and architecture. It also defines various art supplies and tools such as a canvas, paintbrush, paintbox, sketchbook and pastels. The document matches art mediums to the person who works in them such as a painter who paints paintings. It also describes famous works like Van Gogh's Sunflowers using terms like copies, canvases, shades and versions. Finally, it provides words to describe artworks like vibrant, depressing, detailed, realistic, edgy, monochrome, glossy and abstract.

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VOCABULARY VOCABULARY

Art words
Lesson code: 11NL-M7E9-ANIK INTERMEDIATE+
British English

1 Types of art
Look at the types of art
below. Which have you
done? Photography
Which would you like to try doing?
Painting, Animation
Which are you not interested in?
Sculpture

Architecture Animation Design Painting Photography Sculpture

Artists' naterials and


eQuipnent
2
Match the words to the pictures.

a canvas a frane a paintbox a


a sketchbook ink paint paintbrus
h pastels

1. A paintbox 2. A canvas 3. Pastels 4. A frane

5. A paintbrush 6. A Sketchbook 7. Paint 8. Ink

Do you know any other artists' tools or eQuipnent?

You can review this worksheet online at www.linguahouse.con/ex 1/3


Review your flashcards at least 3-5 times a week for 20 minutes to keep the material fresh in your memory.
§c Linguahouse.com
OLEO, COLORS, PENCIL.

You can review this worksheet online at www.linguahouse.con/ex 2/3


Review your flashcards at least 3-5 times a week for 20 minutes to keep the material fresh in your memory.
§c Linguahouse.com
Art words
VOCABULARY

3 Artists and their work


Conplete the table below.

Verb Person Object


paint a painter a painting
sketch a sketch artist 1. a sketchbook.
illustrate 2. a illustrator. an illustration
design a designer 3. design
draw cartoonist 4. drawing
sculpt 5. sculptor a sculpture

4 Fanous art
Look at the picture. Conplete the gaps in the text below with the correct words.

artworks canvases copies shades versions

The picture above is one of many copies1 of a Vincent Van 9ogh painting: SunflowerS. It is one
of his most famous artworks2.
During 1888 - 1889 in Arles in the South of France, Vincent painted five large canvases3 with
sunflowers. He used three different shades4 of yellow, and ‘nothing else'. With this, he showed that it was
possible to create several versions5 of the same picture without it losing its power.
What else do you know about Vincent Van Gogh?

He was a famous painter, who suffered from mental problems.


5 Describing art
Match the words to their definitions.

1. vibrant a. bright and strong


2. depressing b. dark and unpleasant
3. detailed c. existing as an idea or feeling
4. realistic d. fashionable and cool
5. edgy e. including many small parts
6. glossy f. like real life
7. monochrome g. smooth and shiny
8. abstract h. using different shades of one colour

Look at the pictures below. Describe then using the words above.

1. ABSTRACT, VIBRANT
2. DETAILED, EDGY.
3. REALISTIC.
4. DEPRESSING.
5. EDGY, MONOCHROME.
6. GLOSSY, VIBRANT.
Do you have a favourite piece of art? How would you describe it?
The Gordas de Botero, are paintings and sculptures by the famous sculptor and painter Fernando
Botero, and I support the talent of my country.

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