【英语：基础进阶_专项词汇拓展】H7.艺术词汇专项提升

1.GENERAL ART TERMS

FINE ART

• fine art

forms of art, especially painting, drawing and sculpture, that are created to be beautiful rather than useful
美术(尤指绘画和雕塑)

France is well known for its fine art, tasty food and romantic scenery.

Fine art is more creative than craft.

CONTEMPORARY ART

• contemporary /kənˈtempəreri/
  existing or happening now
  当代的;现代的

cont emporary music/literature/art/fashion 当代音乐/小说/艺术/时尚

Although the play was written hundreds of years ago, it still has a contemporary (= modern) feel to it.

EXHIBITION

• exhibition /ˌeksɪˈbɪʃn/

an event at which objects such as paintings are shown to thepublic, a situation in which someone shows a particular skill or quality to the public, or the act of showing these things
展览;展出

Have you seen the Picasso exhibition?

The exhibition has attracted thousands of visitors.

AESTHETIC

• aesthetic /esˈθetɪk/

concerned with beauty and art and the understanding of beautiful things
有审美观点的;美学的

the aesthetic qualities and ideas of sth
美感;审美观

• aesthetically /es’θetɪklɪ/

aesthetically pleasing color combinations
赏心悦目的色彩搭配

• aestheticism /es’θetɪsɪzəm/
  唯美主义;艺术感, 美感

The basic goal of fine arts teaching lies in training students’ aestheticism and artistic creativity.

RENAISSANCE

• renaissance /ˈrenəsɑːns/

a new growth of activity or interest in some thing, especially art, literature,or music
复兴

Popular art is experiencing a renaissance.

• the Renaissance

the period of new growth of interest and activity in the areasof art, literature, and ideas in Europe during the 15th and 16th centuries
文艺复兴;文艺复兴时期

Renaissance art 文艺复兴时期的艺术

TECHNIQUE

• technique /tekˈniːk/

The manner and skill in which the artist uses tools and materials to achieve an expressive effect.
技巧, 手法

The artist combines different techniques in the same painting.

TYPES OF PAINTINGS

• Oil painting 油画
• Watercolor painting 水彩画
• Pastel painting 粉彩画
• Acrylic painting /əˈkrɪlɪk/ 丙烯画
• Digital painting 数字绘画
• Ink wash painting - Chinese black ink 水墨画
• Gouache /ɡuˈɑːʃ/ - opaque watercolor medium 水粉画
• Sand painting 沙画

MEDIUM