Module 3 unit 5. Art history workbook

Task1. The visual arts are those creations we can look at, such as a drawing or a painting.

The decorative arts are traditionally defined as ornamental and functional works in ceramic, wood, glass, metal, or textile.

Your task is to divide different works of art given below into two columns.

Visual arts:

Decorative arts :

• furniture and interior design

• drawing

• jewellery making

• wood working

• sculpture

• ceramics

• architecture

• printmaking

• photography

• film

• painting

• metal crafting

Task 2. Here is the list of art periods. Your task is to put them these art periods in chronological order. You can use the Internet and other resources in order to do this task right.

Rococo

Contemporary art

Romanticism

Baroque

Cubism

Realism

Post-impressionism

Art Nouveau

Neoclassicism

Impressionism

Futurism

Renaissance

Task 3. Internet search. At the pictures given below you can see pieces of so-called “Street art”. Find out what is “Street art”, read different articles on this matter and present your reports during the next class in front of your group. Your report should include not only the explanation of the phenomenon, but also your own ideas and attitude to this kind of art.

Task 4. Match the words with their definitions:

Melody	This is the part of the music you can tap your foot to.
Tempo	This term refers to how loudly or softly the music should be played.
Metre	This is the speed of the music. The speed may vary from very slow to very fast.
Dynamics	This is the part of the music you can hum, whistle, or sing to yourself. You might call it a tune.

Task 4. You can see different musical instruments on the pictures. Below you can also find a list of musical instruments. Try to find them in the crossword puzzle.

banjo bassoon clarinet drum

flute guitar harp piano

saxophone trombone trumpet violin

MODULE 3

UNIT 6. HISTORY OF PRINTING

STUDENT’S BOOK

LESSON 2

Content Focus

Task 1. Your home task was to find your own picture that you associate with the piece of music you have listened to at the previous class (Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons concerto). Explain your choice.

Task 2. Hand in your reports, consultation notes written as a home assignment to your teacher for checking and grading.

Your teacher will hand out the reports, consultation notes written by you as a home assignment on the next lesson, checked and commented on. After you look through the comments made by the teacher on your own summary, ask him/her questions if you do not quite understand or have doubts about some comments.

Task 3. Open the Workbook and check Tasks 1-4.

Task 4. After the history of Art we will get acquainted with the printing history. The history of printing started around 3000 BCE (before Common Era) with the duplication of images. Let’s check your knowledge of printing history. Answer the following questions (You have 5 minutes for this task):

• What do you know about printing history?

• When do you think the first book was published?

• Which nation published the first book?

• Has book printing changed a lot since early years of the beginning of printing?

Task 5. Read the text below and check whether your answers to Task 3 were correct. In this text you will get to know about Block printing and Movable type (You have 10 minutes for this task).