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Seated Woman - "Сидящая женщина"
The Bottle ofSuze - "Бутылка "Сьюз"
Three Musicians - "Три музыканта"
Three Women at the Spring - "Три женщины у источника"
Guernica - "Герника"
TASKS
I. Read the text. Make sure you understand it. Mark the following statements true or false.
1. Picasso created one of the most important movements of the nineteenth century.
2. In Paris Picasso was influenced by Van Gogh's works of art.
3. During the Rose Period Picasso was concerned with the charm of circus performers.
4. Picasso invented Dadaism.
5. In 1917 Picasso was greatly impressed by the grandeur of the Italian past, especially Roman
sculpture and the mural paintings of Giotto.
6. During the 1930s Picasso took an active part in the Neo-impressionist movement.
II. How well have you read? Can you answer the following questions?
1. What did Picasso paint in 1902? How is the figure depicted? What colour dominates in this
painting? What does this colour mean?
2. What is one of the loveliest pictures of the twentieth century?
3. What heralds the beginning of Cubism? How are the figures depicted in this painting? In
what way did Cezanne influence the development of Cubism? What forms dominate in the Seated
Woman? What phases are distinguished within Cubism? What are their peculiarities? How long did
Cubism exist?
4. What is an epitome to the Synthetic phase of Cubism? What is a typical Synthetic Cubist
picture? How are the figures depicted in this painting? How do the planes proceed? What style
prevailed in Picasso's work during the years immediately after World War I?
5. What impressed Picasso when he was in Italy? What style did Picasso develop in 1921?
What were the results of Picasso's experiments with the Classical style? How did Picasso make the
figures? How long did this Classical style coexist with late Cubism in Picasso's production?
6. What artistic movement attracted Picasso during the 1930s? What is Picasso's best painting
of this decade? What images did Picasso combine in this picture? How is the actual destruction pic-
tured? What is depicted at the left? Where is the bull pictured? What symbols dominate in this
painting? What do they mean? What is borne by the Cubist aesthetic means? How can Picasso's
latest works be characterised?
III. i. Give Russian equivalents of the following phrases:
to cast a shadow across the twentieth century; artistic activity; to fall under the influence of; a
figure of extraordinary sculptural simplicity and beauty; the proverbial colour of melancholy;
strolling players; to herald Cubism; the partially decomposed figures; to derive from nature; art
historians; component planes; abstract current; the mural paintings; incompatible styles; to execute
an enormous painting; to fulfil a commission; crimes against humanity; Christian iconography;
motives from Spanish folk culture.
ii. Give English equivalents of the following phrases:
творческая деятельность; попасть под влияние; легендарный цвет печали; фигуры
чрезвычайной скульптурной простоты и красоты; искусствоведы; сопутствующие планы;
провозгласить кубизм; частично деформированные фигуры; христианская иконография;
преступления против человечества; элементы испанской фольклорной культуры; движение
абстракционистов; фрески; написать огромную картину.
iii. Make up questions of your own with the given phrases.
iv. Arrange the/allowing in the pairs of synonyms:
a) current; melancholy; aesthetic; mysterious; deserted; wreckage; fragmentary; epitome; to
herald;
b) abandoned; smashed ruins; trend; broken; to proclaim; summary; sad; enigmatic; beautiful.