MINDSET 3 - UNIT 3 - ART AND ARCHITECTURE

figure (n)

a statue of a person or an animal (tượng (của người hay động vật))

A bronze figure of a horse is the prize for this competition.

minimalism (n)

a style of art, music or design that uses very simple ideas or a very small number of simple elements (chủ nghĩa tối giản)

He is talking about the merits of minimalism in interior design

modern art (n phr)

artworks produced from late 19th and early-to-mid 20th century (nghệ thuật hiện đại)

It will be one of the four greatest museums of modern art in the world.

elegant (adj)

attractive and showing a good sense of style (tao nhã)

You can dine in elegant surroundings.

masterpiece (n)

a work of art such as a painting, film, book, etc. that is an excellent, or the best, example of the artist’s work (tuyệt tác)

The museum houses several of his Cubist masterpieces.

aesthetic (adj)

connected with beauty and art (mang tính thẩm mỹ)

The works of art are judged on purely aesthetic grounds.

exhibit (n)

connected with beauty and art (mang tính thẩm mỹ)

The works of art are judged on purely aesthetic grounds.

artistic community (n phr)

a community of artists and art lovers (cộng đồng nghệ thuật)

I never felt we were fully accepted by the artistic community.

cast (n)

a container with a particular shape used to make an object, a mould (khuôn đúc)

Murray has his leg in a cast.

canvas (n)

a piece of this cloth used by artists for painting on, usually with oil paints, or the painting itself (vải canvas (dùng để vẽ))

These two canvases by Hockney would sell for £1,500,000.

concept (n)

an idea or a principle that is connected with something abstract (ý tưởng)

The concept behind his business is mysterious.

depiction (n)

the act of showing what somebody/something is like in words or pictures (sự mô tả)

She is a successful artist, painting beautifully detailed depictions of local life.

calligraphy (n)

the art of producing beautiful handwriting (thư pháp)

He spent the rest of his life writing calligraphy in his room.

marble bust (n phr)

a stone or metal model of a person’s head, shoulders and chest (tượng bán thân)

During the last year of his life, his friends set up a fund to pay to have a marble bust made of him.

mural (n)

a painting, usually a large one, done on a wall, sometimes on an outside wall of a building (tranh tường)

The view was like a mural painted on a blue backdrop.

portrait of somebody (n)

a painting, drawing or photograph of a person, especially of the head and shoulders (chân dung)

A full-length portrait of the Queen hung on the wall.

tapestry (n)

a picture or pattern that is made by weaving coloured wool onto heavy cloth; the art of doing this (thảm trang trí)

Mitchell creates tapestries that depict river landscapes.

aviary (n)

a large cage or building for keeping birds in, for example in a zoo (chuồng chim, nhà chim)

It costs around £10,000 a year to run the aviaries.

anteroom (n)

a room where people can wait before entering a larger room (phòng chờ)

The ministers waited for their meeting in the Cabinet anteroom.

attic (n)

a room or space just below the roof of a house, often used for storing things (gác mái)

Indeed, he was nervous when I was out of the attic.

ballroom (n)

a large room that is used for formal dancing (phòng khiêu vũ)

He entered the palatial ballroom and took in his surroundings.

cellar (n)

an underground room often used for storing things (hầm chứa (rượu, thức ăn))

We looked all over the house, even down in the coal cellar.

cloakroom (n)

a room in a public building where people can leave coats, bags, etc. for a time (phòng giữ đồ)

I went to the cloakroom in the first interval.

conservatory (n)

a room with glass walls and a glass roof, usually connected to a house, used for growing plants or for relaxing in (nhà kính trồng cây)

As usual we had breakfast in the conservatory.

landing (n)

the area at the top of a set of stairs where you arrive before you go into an upstairs room or move onto another set of stairs (chiếu nghỉ (ở đầu cầu thang))

Go up to the first-floor landing and it's the door on the right.

lobby (n)

a large area inside the entrance of a public building where people can meet and wait (sảnh)

I’ll meet you in the entrance lobby.

staircase (n)

a set of stairs inside a building including the banisters (= posts and bars that are fixed at the side)(cầu thang)

The spiral staircase led to an upper gallery.

pantry (n)

a cupboard or small room in a house, used for storing food (nơi chứa thức ăn)

There's bread and cheese in the pantry.

background (n)

the part of a picture, photograph or view behind the main objects, people, etc. (phía sau)

In the background, you can see my college friends.

foreground (n)

the part of a view, picture, etc. that is nearest to you when you look at it (phía trước)

The woman in the foreground of the painting is the artist's mother.

medium (n)

a material used to create art like wood, metal, and paint (vật liệu)

In painting, common media are oil paints, watercolors, acrylic paints, etc.

palette (n)

the colours used by a particular artist (bảng màu)

Greens and browns are typical of Ribera's palette.

public art (n phr)

artworks placed in public (tác phẩm nghệ thuật công cộng)

Saigon Outcast is one of the largest public arts in HCM City.