Painting Part II 1

Painting Part II.
Landscape painting
TASK I
 To usher - to show someone where they should go, or to make

someone go where you want them to go.
 Roughness the quality of not being even or smooth, often because of

being in bad condition
 Life-long-lasting for the whole of a person's life
 Sketch - a simple, quickly-made drawing that does not have many

details
 Texture - the quality of something that can be decided by touch; the

degree to which something is rough or smooth, or soft or hard
 To absorb to take something in, especially gradually
 Deliberate often of something bad) intentional or planned:
 Intrinsic - being an extremely important and basic characteristic of a
person or thing
 To grapple with - to hold onto someone and fight with them
 Ropes- (a piece of) strong, thick string made of long twisted threads
If portrait painting is one of the glories of English art, landscape is the other one; in
both directions it rose to supreme height.
John Constable (1776-1837) is one of the most outstanding painters, who developed
his own style of painting. He was the first English landscape painter to ask no lessons
from the Dutch. His originality does not lie in the choice of subjects, which frequently
repeat themes beloved by Gainsborough. Nevertheless, Constable seems really to belong
to another century; he ushers in a new era and this difference results at once from
technique and feeling. He considered the sketch made directly from nature the first task of
the painter to do. He introduced green into painting, the green of trees, the green of
summer, all the greens which until then, painters refused to see. He used broken touches
of colour. He made quick sketches based on his first impressions of natural beauties. His
work is important as the beginning of the impessionist school. His masterpieces are The
Hay wain, The Flatford Mill. In his works J.Constable gave the impetus for the
development of the realistic trend in British painting, that was first developed alongside
with the romantic trend.
Constable was an acute observer of nature and had a romantic passion for light. For
him light was a means of great importance. Constable’s treatment of skies is especially
notable. No one has painted cloud effects so truthfully and depicted them with so much
skill. The sparkless of light and colour in Constable’s works and the deliberate roughness
of texture broke with the tradition of smooth painting. Besides the intrinsic merit of
Constable’s work, it is also historically important for the effect it had on both the Romantic
and the Impressionist group.
William Turner (1774-1851) had a life-long passion for the sea and he dedicated most
of his paintings to it. He was a sailor and the sea absorbed him. He gave to his seas mass
and weight as well as movement. His waves seem to be alive. To a sailor a ship is a living
creature, courageous and loyal. In drawing ships Turner shows a knowledge that springs
from love. If
Turner sympathized with ships, he sympathized equally with the men within them and
loved to depict fishermen pulling at oars or sailors grappling with ropes. He only cared in
fact to portray the mood of the sea as it affected the experiences of a man. Calais Pier is
one of his grandest creations. The more it is studied the more actual the vision of a storm
becomes. Those who look at the picture can smell the water and hear the shout of the
wind. The composition gains unity from the concentration in the center of the picture of two
masses of light upon the sky above and upon the waves below. The colouring of the
painting is masterful.
Task II. Answer the questions:
1. What trends of world importance were born in English school of painting?
The English school of painting gave birth to several trends of world

importance. One of the most significant trends was the Romantic Movement .
Notable English Romantic painters include William Blake, J.M.W. Turner,
and John Constable.
Another trend that emerged from the English school of painting was the Pre-
Raphaelite movement.
Finally, the English school of painting also gave rise to the Arts and Crafts
Movement, which emerged in the late 19th century. Notable figures
associated with the Arts and Crafts Movement include William Morris and
John Ruskin.
2. What were the main trends in Constable’s creative works?
For him light was a means of great importance. Constable’s treatment of

skies is especially notable. No one has painted cloud effects so truthfully and
depicted them with so much skill. Besides the intrinsic merit of Constable’s
work, it is also historically important for the effect it had on both the
Romantic and the Impressionist group.
3. What helped Turner feel the beauty and power of the sea?
Turner sympathized with ships, he sympathized equally with the men within
them and loved to depict fishermen pulling at oars or sailors grappling with
ropes. He only cared in fact to portray the mood of the sea as it affected the
experiences of a man
Task III.
Write an essay on one of the following:
1.Prove that landscape painting is a real glory of English art.
2. What do you know about “English Aivazovsky".
3. Write about the contributipn of English painting school to the world art( about J.
Constable and W. Turner.)
What do you know about “English Aivazovsky".
Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky was an Armenian-Ukrainian(Born in

Feodosia,The Crimea Peninsula- Ukraine). He was a Romantic painter who
is considered one of the greatest masters of marine art. In additon,
Aivazovsky was also popular outside the Russian Empire. He held numerous
solo exhibitions in Europe and the United States. During his almost 60-year
career, he created around 6,000 paintings, making him one of the most
prolific artists of his time. In 1840, Aivazovsky was sent by the Imperial
Academy of Arts to study in Europe.
Some of his works
The vast majority of Aivazovsky's works depict the sea.[53] He rarely drew
dry-landscapes and created only a handful of portraits.[51] According to
Rosa Newmarch Aivazovsky "never painted his pictures from nature,
always from memory, and far away from the seaboard."
His adorable works:

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Painting Part II.

 To usher - to show someone where they should go, or to make

 Roughness the quality of not being even or smooth, often because of

 Life-long-lasting for the whole of a person's life

 Sketch - a simple, quickly-made drawing that does not have many

 Texture - the quality of something that can be decided by touch; the

1. What trends of world importance were born in English school of painting?

The English school of painting gave birth to several trends of world

2. What were the main trends in Constable’s creative works?

For him light was a means of great importance. Constable’s treatment of

What do you know about “English Aivazovsky".

Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky was an Armenian-Ukrainian(Born in

Some of his works

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