IV. Arrange the following in the pairs of synonyms:
a) to disport; to foil for; recumbent; determinant; to glorify; allegorical; shimmering; characteristically; frescoes; to redeem;
b) to contrast with; reclining; to worship; to entertain; element; mythological; glowing; to protect; murals; predominantly.
IV. Here are descriptions of some of Titian's works of art. Match them up to the given titles.
1. The soul reunited with the body to be lifted corporally into Heaven.
2. The agony of Christ is expressed in storms of colour.
3. The figure relaxes in ease on a coach in a palace interior.
4. The triangular principle is embodied in the balanced relation ship of the gloved and ungloved hands to the shoulders and the youthful face.
5. The people disport themselves in a shady grove.
6. Two women sit on either side of an open sarcophagus.
7. The columns are seen diagonally.
8. The sketchy technique was applied to the whole picture.
a. Madonna of the House ofPesaro
b. Portrait of Pope Paul III and his Grandsons
c. Crowning with Thorns
d. Sacred and Profane Love
e. Venus of Urbino
f. Assumption of the Virgin
g. Bacchanal of the Andrians
h. Man with the Glove
V. Replace the expressions in italics in the following sentences with expressions from the text which have the same meaning.
1. Titian helped Giorgione to restore the external murals of the Venetian palaces. 2. When Titian became free he succeeded in establishing colour as the main element. 3. The painting worships the protecting power of love 4. The people of the island of Andros entertain themselves in a dark forest. 5. A pose of reclining Venus was initially invented by Giorgione. 6. The Assumption of the Virgin is Titian's single endeavour into the realm of the tremendous. 7. The smooth and carefully modelled hands and features are typical for Titian's portraits. 8. Titian's late works of art of heathen subjects are free in their power and beauty.
VI. Insert the missing prepositions. Translate the text. Retell the text.
Susannah at her Bath,… Jacopo Robusti, called Tintoretto,… 1560, can be considered as one… the great works… Venetian Mannerism. The story… Susannah, the Biblical «Heroin… Chastity», is taken… the Old Testament. Two men secretly entered her garden while she was… her bath unaware… their presence. When she rejected their advances they accused her falsely… her husband. Only the prophet Daniel's wise judgement saved her… the death sentence which had been passed… her alleged adultery. Here Tintoretto uses the characteristic Mannerist device… exaggeration and distortion in his drawing to portray the innate tension… that moment… the story. The sharp contrast… light and darkness,… terrifying proximity and the far distance, all contribute… the surprise and admiration that the picture evokes. Over and above all these Mannerist tricks lies the magic of Venetian painting… its preference… brownish-hues expressed… clearly visible brushstrokes.
