3. The recumbent pose was originally devised by Leonardo.
4. The colours in the Madonna of the House of Pesaro are deep.
5. Titian's portraits sparkle with colour.
6. Titian's last religious works have never been surpassed.
II. How well have you read? Can you answer the following questions?
1. Where did Titian come from? Where was he trained?
2. How did Titian implement Leonardo's ideal of the painter's standard? Was he treated like equal by the princes of his time? Can you prove it?
3. What mythological pictures are analysed in the text?
4. What does the Sacred and Profane Love represent? What is there in the background? What does Cupid do? What does this picture glorify? What colours dominate in this painting? How is this work of art interpreted?
5. What is depicted in the Bacchanal of the Andrians?
6. What religious paintings are described in the text? What is depicted in these pictures? What differs one picture from another? How are Madonnas shown? What do these pictures symbolize?
5. What portraits are mentioned in this text? How did Titian portray the sitters? Where did Titian apply his triangular principle?
6. What did Titian's latest work depict? What devices did Titian use to express the agony of Christ and the fury of his tormentors?
III. I. Give Russian equivalents of the following phrases:
the exteriors of Venetian palaces; to foil for; brushstrokes; free meditation in colour; pagan subjects; freedom of poses; by means of engravings; sarcophagus; carefully modelled hands; mythological and religious pictures; to break up the symmetry; a radical view from one side; to mute all sharp contrasts; the rich light of the picture; the picture is interpreted as; a triangular principle; veils of pigments; a palace interior; in the mature years; to apply a sketchy technique to; movement of colour; inlaid floor, wall hangings; a recumbent pose; altarpieces; shimmering drapery.
II. Give English equivalents of the following phrases:
картины на мифологические и христианские сюжеты; звучная живописная гамма; в зрелом возрасте; тенистый пейзаж; инкрустированный пол; шпалеры; лессировка; тщательно выписанные руки; принцип треугольника; заказать картину; применить технику наброска к; алтарные образа; картина трактуется как; творческое наследие; нарушить симметрию; движение цвета; подчеркнуть путем контраста; фасады венецианских дворцов; приглушать яркие краски, грунтовка.
III. Make up sentences of your own with the given phrases.
