A New Neighbour

•It’s a big day today.= Today is an exciting (interesting, unusual etc.) day.

•He’s nice.= He’s handsome.•Good-looking= handsome or beautiful•Let me give you a hand.= I will help you.•Have a seat.= Please sit down. •Hang on. = Wait a minute.

A Change of DressEngagement- обручениеI’ve got to get a move on- I need to (I must) hurry.Watch that ball!- Be careful with the ball (don’t drop it or

throw it accidentally)!Spill- проливать, разливатьStain- пятно, I got a stain on my dress. To stain something- The wine stained her dress. The stain won’t wash out (come out). (Пятно не

отстирается.)The stain won’t come out. (Пятно не отошло.)Shade, hue- оттенокTo try on- примерятьChanging room- раздевалкаCharity- благотворительность

Portrait of Maude Abrantes, 1907Amedeo Modigliani

Maude AbrantesThis painting is one of Modigliani’s earlier works, and has a more traditional look. This painting also shows the artist’s later style in the figure’s elongated (удлиненный, вытянутый) neck and the somber (мрачный) emotion on her face.

There is also much more detail in her clothing and her face than in Modigliani’s later works, which are characterized (охарактеризованный )by simple lines and few discernible (различимый)features. Early on as an artist, Modigliani preferred life-drawn women subjects, many of whom engaged in love affairs with the handsome painter.

There was gossip that Maude Abrantes was a married American woman who was having an affair with the painter. She left France and returned to America pregnant

Self Portrait as a Tehuana, 1943Frida Kahlo

Tehuana

•Tehuantepec (in full, Santo Domingo Tehuantepec) is a city and in the southeast of the Mexican state of Oaxaca. The city is known for its women and their traditional dress.

•There is a small portrait of her husband, Diego Rivera, a famous muralist (живописец, муралист) on her forehead.

Stormy Sea at Night, 1849 Ivan Aivazovsky

Ivan AivazovskyAivazovsky is best known for his seascapes and coastal scenes. His technique and imagination in depicting the shimmering (мерцающий) light on the waves

and seafoam is especially admired, and gives his seascapes a romantic yet realistic quality.

His ability to depict sunlight and moonlight, sometimes coming from behind clouds, sometimes coming through a fog, with almost transparent (прозрачный)layers of paint (слои краски).

A series of paintings of naval battles painted in the 1840s showed his dramatic skills, with the flames of burning ships reflected in water and clouds. He also painted landscapes, including scenes of peasant life in Ukraine and city life in İstanbul.