Prime Time 7, Coursebook plus Semester Self-checks

Speaking – Individual long turn: Talking about art You are preparing for a job interview at an art museum where you have to present two of your favourite pieces of art. Choose from the pieces of art presented above. • Compare and contrast the two pieces of art. • Analyse the overall impression they create. • Comment on their appeal. 1  Useful phrases Talking about art … is a work by … . • It shows … . • in the background/foreground/middle • bottom/top • lefthand/righthand corner • The viewer’s interest is drawn to … . • The work of art makes the viewer feel … . • What the artist/ photographer wants to express/criticise is … . P Damien Hirst’s diamondcovered human skull For the Love of God Emperor Theodosius offers a laurel wreath to the victor (relief in Istanbul) Route 66 , a photograph by Andreas Feininger Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures. (Henry Ward Beecher, 1813–1887, US clergyman and social reformer) When my daughter was about seven years old, she asked me one day what I did at work. I told her I worked at the college – that my job was to teach people how to draw. She stared at me, incredulous, and said, “You mean they forget?” (Howard Ikemoto, *1939, US artist) 108 Unit Internet resources e9g239 Art 8 Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv