YOUNG ARTISTS

Master art & literature terms! Identify artists, categorize art forms, and express opinions. Ideal for young artists.

TYPES OF ART Put the words into the right category. Visual arts drawing film painting photography sculpture painter photographer sculptor a drawing a film a painting a photo a sculpture an art installation Literature fiction poetry novelist playwright poet a novel a poem a short story Performing arts dance ballet opera music theatre choreographer musician a concert a musical an opera a play a symphony Talking about the arts. Identify the words. a person who writes the dialogue of a film scriptwriter what a sculptor creates sculpture a long piece of music played by a big orchestra symphony a person who writes music composer someone who plans the movement of dancers choreographer someone who writes plays playwright LISTENING 1Look at the pictures of artists (a-e). Listen and match them with the descriptions (1-5). Click on a tag in the picture and type in a number. 1. This artist painted a picture at the age of twenty-six that changed modern art.2. This artist presented her own bed as a piece of art in the 1990s.3. This person started composing music in his teens and died young.4. This person wrote a famous novel at the age of twenty during a wet summer.5. This English Romantic poet, called "mad, bad and dangerous to know", died at thirty-five. 3 4 2 1 5 Listen again and answer the questions. The artists who most often do their best work when young are: painters and sculptors. musicians and poets. film directors and novelists. Young artists often want to: do things the same way as always. express more emotion. try new styles. The lives of the English Romantic poets were often: unconventional. not very interesting. conventional. Chopin produced his best work in his: teens. twenties. thirties. Tracey Emin's work: was shocking. changed modern art. is now considered great. LISTENING 2Listen to a classroom presentation and answer the questions. What reasons does Katie give for liking Follow me? Why does Jamie like the statue of Cary Grant? Why doesn't he like Follow me? Why doesn't Katie like the statue of Cary Grant? TALK BUILDEROpinions: Reasons and examples What do these expressions do? Sort them into the correct column. give examples to support an opinion For example, you can see reflections. The details are great, like the lines on his face. Another example is his book. Take Jeppe Hein's labyrinth, for example. give reasons to support an opinion In my opinion, it's really interesting because of all the reflections. The main reason I like the statue is that it's so natural. Another reason I like it is that you can also see reflections of yourself. The reason for that is that I'm not really into modern art. I prefer traditional art as it's more natural. I didn't like it because it's not very imaginative. WRITING - OPTIONALWrite your opinion about a work of art. Give reasons for liking it with examples. You can choose anything you like, it can be classical or modern, e.g. a painting, a sculpture, a film, a song, a book... that you have enjoyed. Use the expressions from the Talk Builder on page 91 in your coursebook.This question is OPTIONAL, it's not for points, it's for students who would like to get a better grade (4 or 5).Ovaj je zadatak NEOBAVEZAN, ne donosi bodove, namijenjen je učenicima koji žele bolju ocjenu (4 ili 5). Identify three items you learned and rank them in order of most important to least important, according to your opinion.OVO JE PITANJE OBAVEZNO! Pearson Choices Intermediate