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types of picture
painting /■pemtig/ [л С] a picture made using paint: a 17th century Dutch painting + ofa paiting of a woman lying on a bed + by a painting by Turner oil painting (-done using a special type of paint made with oil)
drawing j'drour)! |л С] a picture drawn with pencils or pens
+ оfa 16th century drawing of the canals in Venice
photograph /f^tagra;fl|-graef/ \n С] a
picture made using a camera
mosaic /mou'zei-ik/ [n С] a picture made
using very small pieces of glass or stone
collagc f'kDlasJka'lag [n С] a picture
made by sticking paper, cloth, or other pictures onto a surface
portrait
watercolour British watercolor
AMERICAN /'w3n9r,k.\l3r|'w0:-, 'wo:-/ [n С] Э
picture painted using a special type of paint that is mixed with water, so the colours are pale
still life
Still u/e /,sul laity [n 0 a picture of an object or several objects, especially fruit or flowers
landscape
landscape / laendskeip/ [n С) a picture of the countryside
seascape
StCtSCapt fsiiskeip/ [n С] a picture of the sea
other types of art
sculpture :'skAlptJV.' [n C/U] a work of
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art made of materials such as stone, metal, or wood
statue
Sculptor /skAlpt^V [n C] someone who
produces sculptures
photographer fVtDgrafyfl-'ta:-' [n C]
someone who takes photographs
to make drawings, pictures etc
paint peint [u I/T] to make a picture using paint: Botticelli painted 'The Birth
of Ven us *
draw dryj [i> 1/T] to make a picture usinq a pencil or pen: The students were drawing a Chinese vase that stood on the table. I Where did you learn to draw like that9
photograph /'f^otagraifll-grfef [v I/T] to
take a photograph of someone or some thing: Eve Arnold photographed Marilyn Monroe many times.
Statue 'stietju:/ [n C] an image of a person or animal made from a hard material
such as stone or meta!
ceramics mniks [n plural] potsT bowls etc made of clay
Don't say 'I photographed my friends on the beach'. Say | took a photo of my friends or l took a picture of my friends
Only use the verb photograph about artists or professional photographers.
As. Ceramics always used in the pluraclass="underline" an exhibition of Japanese ceramics. Don't use ceramics when you are talking about one bowl. Say 'a bowl', 'a plate' etc.
В the subject of a picture, painting etc
of 'ov|a:v/ [preposition] use this to show what the subject of a picture, painting etc is: a portrait of King Charles I a statue of a horse
depict drpikt/ [v T] formal if a painting or otner piece of an depicts something, that is what it shows or represents: Her drawings depict life in an African village.
someone who draws, paints etc
artist 'ui't^st/ [n C] someone who produces paintings, sculptures, or any kind of art: an exhibition of work by young artists
painter /'peint3r/ [n C] someone who produces paintings: Pissarro was a famous French painter.
a place where art is shown
gaderu also art gallery u:rt
.g^bri,Пп С] a building or room where you can go to look at paintings, sculptures etc: the Notional Gallery I There's a small art gallery in the centre of the town.
Д In American English gallery is only used about a room or a small building
museum /mju:7bm||mjo-/ [n C] amcrican a large building where you can go to look at paintings, sculptures etc: The Museum of Modern Art I The museum has a few of Van Gogh 's early works.
exhibition ,ekstVbij>n [n C] a collection of paintings, sculptures etc. often the work of one particular artist, which you can go to see - use this especially when they are only being shown for a limited period of time: Have you been to the Picasso exhibition yet?
+ of an exhibition of black and white photographs
classical
styles of art
classical jklaesifol/ [adj] the main style of art in 18th century Europe, based on the styles of ancient Greece and Rome, often showing scenes and characters from the Christian religion
romantk
romantic /rao'msntik, -ГЭ-/ [adj] a style of art popular in 19th century Europe, often showing the sea or the countryside, and usually expressing strong emotions
impressionist
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impressionist /im'prejan^t/ [adj] a style
of art that was developed in France in the late 19th century, which uses colours to show the effects of light on people, objects, and places, and does not show small details
modern
modern /'modmll'mcr.dsrri/ [adj] the style of art in the 20th century that is deliberately different from art of the 18th and 19th centuries, and does not show people, objects, or places as they appear in real life
abstract
abstract /'aebstrakt/ [adj] a type of
modern art that uses shapes, colours, and patterns to express ideas and feelings,
rather than pictures that look like people, objects, or places
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ASHAMED
ш ASHAMED
see also embarrassed, guilty/not
guilty, sorry
/Л Don't confuse ashamed and
embarrassed. Use ashamed when you have done something bad and you feel sorry about what you have done. Use embarrassed when you feel that other people are watching you, especially because you have said or done something silly.
ashamed P'Jeimd [adj not before noun] someone who is ashamed feels very sorry because they know they have done something bad, and they think people may no longer respect them
be/Jeel ashamed Гие been so rude to our
guests - I fee! really ashamed.
ashamed of doing sth Frank was
ashamed of having lied to his mother, ashamed of yourself You ought to be ashamed of yourself - coming home drunk like that!