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LESSON 3 What genre is this picture?
1 W o rk in p a irs. A n sw e r th e q u e s tio n s .
2 a W o rk in p a irs. Look up th e new w o rd s .
Liste n and re p e a t.
still life 
(plural:
still lifes), religious 
2 b W ork in pairs. Look, read and m atch. (Find the te xts E and F on page 65.)
1 What is a genre in painting?
2 What genres of painting do 
you know?
‘A still life ’ by Robert 
‘At the M arket Stall 
Seldon Duncanson 
by Louise Moillon
(1848) 
(1630)
A 
H is to ry p a in tin g
A history painting shows a scene from a well- 
known story. Traditionally, history paintings 
show scenes from legends, religious texts 
or battles that really happened. History 
paintings are often painted on large can­
vases and usually show a lot of people.
‘Shichiri Beach in Sagami 
Province’ by Hokusai 
(1830)
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‘Mona Lisa’ by 
Leonardo da 
Vinci (1503)
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P o rtra it
A portrait is a painting of a person, often 
of their head and shoulders. Unlike a 
history painting, the person in a portrait 
is not participating in a particular story.
‘The Starry N ight’ 
by Vincent van Gogh 
(1889)
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‘Early painting’ by 
Rembrandt (1626)
G enre p a in tin g
A genre painting shows scenes from eve­
ryday life, such as dancing people or a 
woman sewing by the window, people 
doing something at home or in the street.
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M od ern p a in tin g
The Modern movement is a period from the 
1860s to the 1970s. Artists from Salvador 
Dali to Claude Monet, Vincent van Gogh, 
Pablo Picasso and Frida Kahlo had a way of 
showing the usual things in new ways with 
fresh ideas about the nature of materials 
and functions of art. Art after the 1970s is 
called postmodernist (or contemporary) art.
3 W o rk in p a irs. A sk and an sw e r a b o u t th e p ic tu re s .
1) Which picture do you like?
2) Who was it painted by?/When was it painted?
4 a 
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W ork in pairs. Listen to the dialogue 
and w rite a b o u t fa v o u rite a rt s ty le , 
a rtis t o r p ic tu re .
3) What genre is this picture?
4) Why do you like it?
4 b
Listen one m ore tim e 
and w rite a b o u t th e
m useum s.
4 c W o rk in p a irs . Say w h o says th e s e n te n c e s . e .g . 
1 Abror
1
) I like traditional genre painting.
2
) I like young and not famous artists too.
3) My favourite is modern art.
4) Traditional genre painting is my favourite.
5) My dream is to look at original ‘Mona Lisa’ 
by Leonardo da Vinci.
6
) When I go to other places, I always 
visit a museum or an art gallery there.
7) I’d like to visit the Museum of Modern 
Art or MoMA in New York.
8
) I think w e’ll be able to visit these mu­
seums one day.