How to Speak About Art in English

Although originally intended for Russian Learners of English, this helpful book can easily be used by anyone. CONTENTS [in English unless noted otherwise] Introduction [in Russian]/ I ANCIENT/MEDIEVAL ART Introduction; Egyptian Art; Greek Art; Roman Art; Middle Ages; Gothic; Medieval Russian Art (Architecture, Moscow Kremlin, Church Painting) [part I includes 23 Exercises (1 in Russian) + Geographical/Proper Names + Vocabulary Notes [in English and Russian]/ II RENAISSANCE ART Introduction; Early Renaissance (Giotto, Masaccio, Van Eyck, Botticelli); High Renaissance (Da Vinci, Raphael, Michelangelo, Titian, Durer, Brueghel the Elder, El Greco) [part II includes 41 exercises (7 in Russian) + Geographical/Proper Names + Vocabulary Notes [in English and Russian]/ III 17TH CENTURY ART Introduction; Caravaggio; Rubens; Velasquez; Rembrandt; Vermeer [part III includes 22 Exercises (4 in Russian) + Geographical and Proper Names + Vocabulary Notes (English and Russian)]/ IV 18TH-19TH C. ART: Introduction; Hogarth; Reynolds; Gainsborough; Constable; Turner; Goya; David; Ingres; Delacroix; Daumier [part IV includes 46 Exercises (7 in Russian) + Geographical/Proper Names + Vocabulary Notes (English and Russian)] V FRENCH ART 19TH-20TH C.: What Is Impressionism?; Science of Colour; Impressionist Palette; Impressionist Technique; Manet; Monet; Renoir; Degas; Rodin; Cezanne; Van Gogh; Gauguin; Matisse; Picasso [part V includes 53 Exercises (12 in Russian) + Geographical/Proper Names + Vocabulary Notes (English and Russian)]/ VI RUSSIAN PAINTING 19TH-20TH C.: Brullov; Kiprenski; Tropinin; The Wanderers; Surikov; Repin; Serov; Vrubel; Favorsky [part VI includes 20 Exercises (4 in Russian) + Geographical/Proper Names + Vocabulary Notes]/ VII AMERICAN ART: Artist in America; Homer; Cassatt; Whistler; XX c. American Art; Wyeth [part VII includes 21 Exercises (2 in Russian) + Geographical/Proper Names + Vocabulary Notes] SUGGESTED KEY TO TRANSLATIONS / RUSSIAN-ENGLISH GLOSSARY