art can not be taught in terms of feeling and expressions..just in theory

engVid - Free English Video Lessons Home All Lessons Topics Teachers Adam's English lessons Alex's English lessons Benjamin's English lessons Emma's English lessons Gill's English lessons Jade's English lessons James's English lessons Rebecca's English lessons Ronnie's English lessons Resources Search: Gill • 3-Advanced • culture & tips • expressions • vocabulary Subscribe to Gill's channel on YouTube REAL ENGLISH: How to talk about art Let’s say you arrange to meet a friend at an art gallery or museum. There will be a lot to comment on while you are there. To help you talk about art in English, I bring you this lesson filled with useful vocabulary and expressions to talk about painting, photography, sculpture, and more. I will give you ideas of what to talk about and how to express those ideas. I will also give you tips on how to understand the artwork itself and how to comment about it to your friend. You will learn the meaning of words like installation, medium, watercolour, seascape, marble, bronze, and more. You will also discover the difference between traditional art and experimental art. There is a lot to learn in this video, so don’t miss it! Related Lessons Life in London: Visiting an art gallery Learn Real English: How to talk about your PERIOD Real English: How to talk to the POLICE IELTS Speaking: How to talk about a book or film Real English: Using WHEN & WHERE to Make Plans Gill The Influence of Shakespeare on everyday English Help a Charity, Save a Life Learn English Grammar: The 4 Conditionals What’s it like to move to the UK? MAY or MIGHT? engVid quiz Quiz Test your understanding of this English lesson Test your understanding of the English lesson by answering these questions. You will get the answers and your score at the end of the quiz. 90 You got 9 correct out of 10. :) 1. Which of the following is not a good place to meet your friend when visiting an art gallery? the gift shop the book shop an exhibition room the cafe the foyer the director's office 2. Which one of the following items would you not expect to see as part of the display in an art gallery? a photograph a sculpture a painting a washing machine an installation 3. Which type of painting contains fruit, flowers, and other objects? landscape portrait history still life abstract 4. If a painting is abstract, it's the opposite of: remedial representative representational resentful ridiculous 5. A picture of a town belongs in which category of painting? still life history location landscape portrait abstract 6. If a lot of different colours have been used in a painting, we say the artist has used a ________ range of colours. narrow limited colourful bright wide small 7. Where can you see the texture of a painting? in each corner of the painting's frame on the surface of the painting on the printed information at the side of the painting in the gallery catalogue on the back of the frame 8. If you like a painting, which one of the following statements would be the best one to use? That's not really my cup of tea. I wonder what the artist is trying to say....to express That's unusual! That's really interesting!?????Impressive 9. If your feet are hurting from standing and walking around the art gallery, which one of the following would be the best thing to say to your friend? My feet are killing me! I'm tired of this! I've had enough! Do you think we could sit down and rest for a while? How long do we have to stay here? 10. At the end of your visit to the art gallery, what's the best way of saying goodbye to your friend? Goodbye! Cheers! It was great, Thanks for coming! Later! That wasn't so bad. Never again! Lsh way to say I don’t like this paint at all ;-) thanks for sharing it. Rgds zahories Awesome!!thank yoou teacher Gill Ma.elzeera Thanks for your exceptional work Gill. You are a admirable person. Go on. Marcelo Robbiano Yesterday, I discovered you, I love your classes, your themes and your style. You are very cool, classic and modern, you are definitely my cup of tea! Go Your calm makes me feel that I can understand everything much better. Thank you so much, Gill. marcela p As always, it has been easy to understand, you make the topics easy and it’s great! Thank you very much! Juana Backer Good day, Gilles. My name is Zulfiya. This is the second year I have been learning English from your videos. Low bow. You are my favorite teacher. As a token of gratitude, I would like to invite you to visit my beautiful city of Kazan in the center of Russia as soon as possible, when the quarantine ends, when it will be possible for you. 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