Spotlight 9 Module 3

Listen and repeat. What are these words in your language?

rectangle

triangle

square

cube

cylinder

Look at paintings. Which uses bright colours , dark/dull colours ?

This picture uses dark/dull colours.

This picture uses bright colours.

Salvador Dali ‘Swans Reflecting Elephants’ (1937)

George Braque ‘Man with a Guitar’ (1911)

What style of painting is each picture? How do these styles differ? Read the texts to find out.

George Braque ‘Man with a Guitar’ (1911)

Painting Styles

Salvador Dali ‘Swans Reflecting Elephants’ (1937)

Read the text and complete the gaps 1-8 with the correct derivate formed from the words in brackets. Compare with your partner.

Painting Styles

Study skills

Listen and read to answer the questions.

When was Cubism popular?

Text

How did Cubism get its name?

What style did Dali paint in?

What did Surrealist painters use to get ideas for their paintings?

Cubism gets its name from the fact that artists broke down people and objects into shapes such as rectangles, cylinders and cubes to represent them in a new way.

Cubism was popular from around the 1900s.

Dali painted in the Surrealist style.

Surrealist painters used their dreams and their imaginations to get ideas for their paintings.

Match the words in bold to their meanings.

Not bright

Effect

Part/piece

Angles

Impact

Element

Dull

Viewpoints

Idioms

Очень скучный

Like watching paint dry

Paint the town red

Устроить гулянку

Paint (sb/sth) with the same brush (as sb/sth else)

Ставить кого-то или что-то на один уровень

Paint a grim picture of (sth)

Рассказывать о чем-то негативно

Match the idioms to their meanings.

Decide that sb/sth is the same as sb/sth else

Paint (sb/sth) with the same brush (as sb/sth else)

Very boring

Like watching paint dry

Have an enjoyable time

Paint the town red

Paint (sb/sth) with the same brush (as sb/sth else)

Like watching paint dry

Paint a grim picture of (sth)

Paint the town red

Describe sth to make it seem bad

Paint a grim picture of (sth)

Well done!

Now let’s translate the idioms!

Complete the sentences with the correct idioms.

Paint the town red

• This film is so boring it’s ……………….

• I want to have some fun. Let’s go out tonight and ………………….

• I know Sam and Dan can be a bit boring but don’t ………………… Tim ……………………………. Not all people who like science fiction are bores!

• The documentary …………………………………… life in the war-torn region.

Like watching paint dry

Paint a grim picture of (sth)

Paint (sb/sth) with the same brush (as sb/sth else)

Read the description. Which painting does it match? How does the author feel about the painting?

Salvador Dali ‘Swans Reflecting Elephants’ (1937)

George Braque ‘Man with a Guitar’ (1911)

You need to read the text aloud. You have 1.5 min to read the text silently, and then be ready to read it aloud. Remember that you will not have more than 2 min for reading aloud.

Use these words to describe the other painting.

• Strange objects
• Swans on a smooth lake
• Reflection of elephants in lake
• Bright colours
• Clears blue sky

How does it make you feel: astonished, anxious, curious, confused, excited ?

Answer

Find paintings on the Internet or in reference books which represent the two styles of painting discussed in the text. Present them to the class.

This painting is called ………. ………… painted it in 19…. It shows ……………. The painter uses …………… colours. The painting makes me feel …………….

Pablo Picasso ‘Bread, Fruit and Table’, 1908.

Rene Magritte ‘The Human Condition’, 1935

Do you agree with this quote? Discuss in small groups.

I think it is saying that some people like to draw and paint things rather than write about them.

I think it is easier to express feelings through art, rather than writing about them or talking about them.

I think they are many ways to express yourself and show your emotions. People should try different ways to express themselves.