Visiting a Museum

Vocabulary
to look at the achievements of mankind |əˈtʃiːvmənts| – дивитись на досягнення людства
to satisfy smb’s taste |ˈsatɪsfʌɪ| – задовільняти свій смак
to be in touch with |tʌtʃ| – бути на зв'язку з
to find out |faɪnd| – довідуватись про щось
to be annoying, boring |əˈnɔɪɪŋ| – бути нудним
to mention |ˈmɛnʃ(ə)n| – згадувати
to appreciate |əˈpriːʃɪeɪt| – цінувати
an exhibition |ɛksɪˈbɪʃ(ə)n| – виставка
to exhibit |ɪgˈzɪb.ɪt| – виставляти, експонувати
an experience |ɪkˈspɪərɪəns| – досвід
a museum-goer |ˈɡəʊə| – любитель ходити в музей
to house |haʊs| – розміщувати
collection |kəˈlekʃn| – колекція
masterpiece |ˈmæstərpiːs| – шедевр
Renaissance |rɪˈneɪs(ə)ns| – ренесанс
Baroque |bəˈrɒk| – бароко
Proper Names
The National Gallery |ˈɡælərɪ| – Національна галерея
The Louvre |ˈluːvə| – Лувр
The Museum of Ukrainian Art – Музей українського мистецтва
The National Gallery of Art – Національна галерея мистецтв
The Museum of Western and Eastern Art – Музей західного та східного мистецтва
The Tate Gallery |teɪt| – Галерея Тейта

Exercise 1. Answer the questions:

1. What is art for you?
2. If you are in a bad mood what helps you to make it better?
3. What kind of art helps you to raise your mood?
4. Why do people need doing some art?
5. Do you prefer doing art or admiring some piece of artwork?

Exercise 2. Make up your own sentences using new words and write down them in the copy -
books.
Example: 1. The National Gallery is one of the best-known picture galleries
in London.
2. Hogarth is the great English artist.
3. He was a brilliant landscape painter.

Exercise 3. Match the words.

1) The National Gallery a) Kyiv
2) The Louvre b) Washington
3) The Museum of Ukrainian Art c) Odesa
4) The National Gallery of Art d) London
5) The Museum of Western and Eastern Art e) London
6) The Tate Gallery f) Paris

Exercise 4. a) Read and translate the text:

 ART GALLERIES OF LONDON
Speaking about art galleries of London we should first of all mention The National
Gallery, The National Portrait Gallery and The Tate gallery.
The National Gallery consists of one of the richest collections of paintings in the world.
The range of the collection is wide. It represents all the leading schools of European painting
from the 13th to early 20th centuries, for example pictures of Rembrandt, Turner, Monet,
Picasso, Van Gogh and other great masters.
Another gallery is the National Portrait Gallery where there are oil paintings, water
colors, drawings and sculptures. The Gallery constantly changes displays and holds the annual
portrait competition for young artists.
The Tate Gallery is one of London's best-known art galleries, opened with the financial
support of Sir Henry Tate, who also gave a collection of 65 paintings. The Gallery contains a
unique collection of British paintings from the 16th century to the present day. It regularly holds
special exhibitions.
The most famous museums in Britain are the Victoria and Albert Museum and the
British Museum. The Victoria and Albert museum is one of the world's outstanding art
museums. It is situated in south central London. The museum was given its present name in
honor of Queen Victoria and her husband Prince Albert. The British Museum has a priceless
collection of antiquities from almost every period and every part of the world. It houses
collections of drawings, coins, medals and ethnography.

Exercise 5. Answer the questions:

1. Why do people go to the museums?
2. What types of art works do you know? What can we see at galleries?
3. What collections do the museums have?
4. How often do you go to the museums?
5. What impressions do you have there?
6. Why are these places worth visiting?

6. Fill in the missing words:

1. Art is very … in our life.
2. There are a lot of museums, theatres … in our town.
3. Speaking about art galleries of London we should first of all mention The National Gallery,
The National Portrait Gallery and The Tate gallery.
4. The National Gallery consists of one of the richest collections of paintings in the … .
5. We can see a lot of works of … painters of the world at the National Portrait Gallery.
6. The Tate Gallery is one of London's best-known art …. .
7. The most famous … in Britain are the Victoria and Albert Museum and the British Museum.

Exercise 7. Answer the questions:

1. When was the National Gallery founded?
2. Where is it situated?
3. The Gallery houses the national collection of Western European painting, doesn’t it?
4. Whom do the pictures in the Gallery belong to?
5. Does the collection show the international nature of European painting or not?
6. What canvases does the collection include?
7. Picture of what English painters are exhibited there?
8. Who visits the National Gallery in London?
Exercise 8. Read the information from the guides and complete the table with the appropriate
names of painters, pictures and galleries.
Student 1. My name is Pavlo. I’ll be your guide for today and I want to tell you about William
Hoggart. He is one of the greatest of English artist of 18th century. William Hoggart made his
name as an artist painting “conversation pieces”. These little pictures were very popular in
England during the 18th century. They represented members of the same family or close friends
having tea, playing cards or simply talking to one another. Hoggart said that his picture was his
stage, and men and women his players.
The masterpiece of the series was the famous “Marriage a la Mode”. This set of pictures
describes a marriage between the daughter of a rich man and a young lord.
The works of this painter are exhibited in the National Gallery and the Tate Gallery in London.
Student 2: My name is Rodion. I am your guide. I’ll tell you about John Constable, one of the
greatest landscape painters. He was born in Sufford, on June 11, 1776. He was the son of a
wealthy miller. He began to take interest in landscape painting while he was at grammar school.
His father did not favour art as a profession. As a boy Constable worked almost secretly,
painting in the cottage of an amateur painter. His keen artistic interest was such that his father
allowed him to go to London in 1795, where he began to study painting.
Constable was the first landscape painter who considered that every painter should make his
sketches direct from nature, that is, working in the open air. He tried to earn his living by
portraits.
The most notable works of Constable are “Dedham Vale”, “Flatford Mill“, “A Cottage in a
Cornfield”, “The Hay Wain”, “Malvern Hall”, “Weymouth bay”, “Boat Building” and others.
The works of this painter are exhibited in the National Gallery in London.
Student 3: My name is Victoria. I want to tell you about Thomas Gainsborough. He was a
portraitist and landscape painter. He was born in Sudbury in 1727 and was the son of merchant.
His father sent him to London to study arts. Thomas Gainsborough spent 8 years working and
studying in London. There he got acquainted with the Flemish traditional school of painting. In
his portraits green and blue colours predominate.
He was the first British painter who painted British native countryside. His best works are
“Portrait of Sarah Buxton”, “Lady Georgiana Cavendish”, “Lady in blue”, “Portrait of Sarah
Siddons”, “Cornard Wood”, “Sunset”, “The cottage door”, “The market cart” and “The bridge”.
The works of this painter are exhibited in the National Gallery in London and in the Hermitage
in St. Petersburg.

GALLERY
PAINTER PICTURES

Exercise 9. Match the words to the definitions. Make up the sentences using the words and
word combinations.

1. an art gallery -continuing forever and having no end

2. an exhibition - fees to enter the museum
 3. a painter/an artist -a building where paintings are shown to the public

4. the school of painters -a show of paintings, photographs or other objects

for people to see
5. entrance fees -extremely useful
6. the gulf -someone who paints pictures
-to use the opportunities that you have in order to
7. invaluable
become successful
8. eternal -a great difference and lack of understanding
between two groups of people, especially in their
beliefs, opinions and way of life
9. to make of -a group of people that use a particular style

Exercise 10. Answer the questions:

1. Do you like going to the museums?
2. Do you often go to the museums?
3. What museums do you know?
4. What museums do you prefer to visit?
5. Do you generally go alone or on a conducted tour?
6. What museums are there in your native city?
7. Where can you get spiritual food?
8. Why do people go to the museums?
9. What is the museum for you?
10. What are the benefits of any museum?
11. How can museum reflect the inner world of a person?
12. Are you a regular museum-goer?

Exercise 11. a) Read and translate the dialogue.

*b) Write down your own dialogue on the topic “Visiting to the Museum of the Local Lore”.
At the Gallery
- Have you been at the National Gallery of Art?
- No, I haven't. For some years it was closed for capital repairs. It goes without saying, I would
like to visit this gallery and I hope to do it in the future.
- What museums have you visited?
- Some years ago I had a chance of visiting the National Gallery of Art. I was greatly impressed
by its galleries, especially by the Greek Hall, Egyptian Mummies, and of course by all
masterpieces of painting and sculpture.
- What picture galleries or arts museums in other countries do you know?
- Well, first of all, it is the national Gallery in London. The Building itself was built in 1838. It
housed the collection of Old Masters Paintings (38 paintings). This Collection was given to the
nation by an English private collector, Sir George Beamount.
- And what collection does it house at the present time?
- Today the National Gallery exhibits works of all the European schools of painting of the 13th -
19th centuries. There you can see the most famous works, such as pictures by Velasquez,
Rembrandt, Joshua Reynolds, Thomas Gainsborough and others.

Exercise 12. a) Find information and prepare a short presentation about one of the museums.
*b) Write a letter to your pen friend about your visit to the Museum of Fine Arts.