The visual arts 21

vocab in use

impressionism

a type of art of the last 150 years (импрессионизм)

practitioners

someone involved in a skilled job or activity(практикующие специалисты)

dauber

a bad painter

cubist

кубизм

surrealism

сюрреализм

op-art

оп-арт

subject matter

content

school of art

art movement

ubiquity

the fact that someone or something seems to be everywhere

visually literate

educated with regard to

inured to

not affected by/used to

original

new in a special way

predictable

easy to guess

highbrow

a person who is only interested in serious art or complicated subjects(usually arrogant about this)

lowbrow

(of entertainment) not complicated or demanding much intelligence to be understood:

impenetrable

extremely difficult to understand(непостижимый,непроглядный,непробиваемый)

transparent

easy to understand/see through(прозрачный/очевидный)

sophisticated

showing advanced skills and understanding(сложный,утонченный,изысканный)

primitive

not advanced in structure

challenging

demanding considerable efforts to be understood

undemanding

not demanding any efforts

dazzling

inspiring great admiration because it is brilliant in some way(ослепительный)

pedestian

not interesting,boring,showing little imagination

evocative

calling up images and memories

uninspiring

doesn’t have the effect of encouragement

though-provoking

making people think

unstimulating

useless in making people think

exquisite

having rare beauty or delicacy (изящный,утонченный,изысканный)

clumsy

awkward in movement

intriguing

interesting because it is strange or mysterious

dreary

boring and making you feel unhappy

peerless

better than any other(бесподобный,несравненный)

run-of-the-mill

ordinary,average,boring (заурядный)

tongue-in-cheek

seems to be seriuos but in fact ironic and joking (насмешливый,издевательский)

earnest

serious and determined, especially too serious and unable to find your own actions funny

priceless

extremely valuable

worthless

not valuable at all

skillful

clever,mastery,done well

poorly done

done not well

shadowy

темный,неясный,призрачный

sketchy

поверхностный,схематический

moulded

shaped