XI. General words and phrases

1) to exhibit; 2) exhibition; 3) to display; to put on display; 4) museum; 5) art gallery; 6) exhibition hall; 7) to install; 8) installation.

D i d y o u k n o w i t ?

draw (v) – 1) make with a pen, pencil, chalk, etc.; 2) (fig) describe in words.

paint (v) – 1) coat with paint; 2) make a picture with paint.

sketch (v) – 1) to make a simple picture of smth quickly; 2) to make a short written or spoken description.

picture – lines and shapes which have been drawn or painted onto a surface and which show a person, place, scene, etc. (*do a picture =paint or draw a picture)

painting– a picture that has been painted.

drawing– a picture that has been drawn using a pencil, pen, etc. (*do a drawing)

sketch– a rough picture consisting of a few lines which have been drawn quickly. (*do/make a sketch)

illustration – a picture in a book, that shows smth or smb that has been mentioned in the book.

study– a small detailed drawing, esp. one which is done in order to prepare for a larger picture, or as a part of a series of drawings of the same kind of subject.

portrait – a picture or photograph of a person.

colours – 1) sensation produced in the eye by rays of decomposed light; 2) materials used by artists.

paints(pl) – collection of tubes or cakes of colouring materials, usu. In a paint-box.

hue (n)– 1) the differentiation of a colour, i.e. its redness/yellowness, etc., esp. in poetic language; 2) the degree of brightness in a colour (цвет, насыщенность)

tone(n)– тон, краска (also colour) contrasted with shade

shade (n)– the relative lightness or darkness of colour (оттенок, нюанс)

tinge (n) – a slight degree (of a colour), esp. one modifying the basic colour (оттенок)

tint (n) – (syn. of shade) a pale or delicate shade of colour (оттенок)

tonal harmony – гармония, сочетание цветов

shade (n) – (is mostly uncountable) is used to denote an area of relative darkness; (v) to darken with parallel pencil lines, etc. (parts of a drawing) to give the appearance of light and shade.

shadow(n) – (is mostly countable) is used to denote a dark shape thrown on the ground, floor, a wall, etc. by a person, an object, etc.

picture (v) – 1) to imagine smth, esp. by creating an image in one’s mind; 2) to show smth/smb in a photo, painting, drawing.

portray (v) – 1) to describe according to one’s opinion; 2) to make representation/ description of in the form of a picture.

represent (v) – 1) to be a picture/statue, etc. of; 2) to show; 3) to be a sign of, to symbolize.

depict (v) – (fml) to show as if in a picture (in a way that gives a clear idea of a real situation).

convey (to) (v) – 1) to make (feelings, ideas, thoughts, etc.) known or understood; 2) to express what one is thinking/feeling without stating directly.

render (v) – to reproduce by artistic means