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Объем пособия позволяет остановиться только на девятнадцати художниках. В
представленных текстах, дается краткая биографическая справка и анализируются некоторые
произведения искусства наиболее выдающихся художников нового времени.
Тексты в пособии расположены в хронологическом порядке и позволяют проследить
революционный ход развития западноевропейской живописи, с начала XVIII века и почти до
конца XX века. Каждый урок включает тексты и упражнения, позволяющие проверить как
общее понимание прочитанного, так и закрепить только что усвоенный лексический
материал. Все тексты аутентичны.
Пособие может быть использовано не только студентами-искусствоведами, но и самым
широким кругом читателей, интересующихся историей западноевропейской живописи. В
рамках издания готовятся учебные пособия по скульптуре и архитектуре для изучающих
английский язык.
UNIT I HOGARTH (1697-1764)
A strikingly original school of painting arose in eighteenth-century England. The real founder
of the modern British school was William Hogarth, a Londoner whose narrative candour and satiric
wit are as effective as his dazzling pictorial skill. Although Hogarth tried his hand occasionally at
mythological and historical subjects, he was at his best in portraits and moralistic cycles. The latter
were painted as bases for engravings, which Hogarth sold widely and profitably. The most
successful were A Rake's Progress, A Harlot's Progress, and Marriage a la Mode, 1743-45, whose
opening episode is Signing the Contract. The scene is set diagonally in depth for greater theatrical
effect. In a room of his London house, lined with Old Masters (which Hogarth professed to hate),
the gouty alderman, father of the bride, sits before a table spread with gold coins of the dowry and
expatiates about his family tree, to which he proposes to add the earl. That gentleman, who has
exhausted his fortune in building the Palladian mansion seen out the window (Hogarth detested the
Palladian style) admires himself in a mirror. His betrothed, meanwhile, is listening to the compli-
ments murmured in her ear by the attorney. Clearly, the story will come to a bad end. The energetic
composition owes much to the Rococo, but Hogarth's robust handling of poses and his special
variety of bold yet soft brushwork are as original as his wit.
Make sure you know how to pronounce the following words:
William Hogarth [
]; alderman [
]; diagonally
[
]; Rococo [
]; Palladian [
]; mansion [
]; dowry
[
]; earl [
]; betrothed [
]; candour [
]; expatiate
[
]; profess [
]
NOTES
A Rake's Progress - "Карьера мота"
A Harlot's Progress - "Жизнь куртизанки"
Marriage a la Mode - "Модный брак"
Signing the Contract - "Подписание контракта"
TASKS
I. Read the text. Make sure you understand it. Mark the following statements true or false.
1. A strikingly original school of painting arose in fifteenth-century England.
2. In the main Hogarth painted colossal altarpieces.
3. Hogarth never tried his hand at mythological and historical subjects.
4. The story in the Marriage a la Mode will come to a happy end.
5. Hogarth was fond of the Palladian style.
6. Moralistic cycles were painted as bases for engravings.
II. How well have you read? Can you answer the following questions?
1. What did Hogarth found? What was he at his best?
2. What were Hogarth's most successful cycles?