Упражнение 3. Ответьте на вопросы

1) Who are the artists of these paintings?

2) When did they paint them?

3) What are the names of these paintings?

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Приложение 2

Чтение. Прочитайте текст и дополните его недостающими частями предложений (упражнение 4). Не забывайте, что сначала вы просматриваете текст, а затем читаете недостающие части. Запомните, что одно предложение является лишним.

ART FOR THE PEOPLE

 I was walking along a quiet city street (1)__________: three young women were standing on a narrow window ledge: on top of a building which was on fire. Below Batman and Robin were climbing up a rope (2) ____________stood and stared. What was really strange was that everything seemed to be happening in a large hole in pavement in front of me. I couldn't believe my eyes. It took me a few seconds to realize it wasn't real; it was a work of art.

The man responsible for it was Julian Beever, (3) ____________, who has been drawing his colorful masterpieces in cities around the world since the 1990s. Julian uses a method called “anamorphsis” to create his wonderful drawings in three dimensions. It's a question of perspective: from one side the 3D illusion is perfect, but (4) ____________.

Julian draws in chalk, so his work is vulnerable to the weather: if it rains, the drawings disappear. It's hard work and (5) ___________, so Julian always checks the weather forecast very carefully. His final goal is to take a photograph of his creation before it gets washed away. However, sometimes Julian has to wash off his own unfinished drawings because he hasn't received permission to use the public pavement as his canvas.

The process of making the drawings is really worth seeing, so Julian often has an audience. In some ways he is a street performer, and the spectators enjoy the show as much as the end result.

He does 2D drawings, too: portraits of famous people like Princess Diana or Bill Clinton, copies of old masters, and self-portraits. And also wall murals, collages and oil paintings (both landscapes and still lifes).

Julian's work shows that (6) __________to be an artist, and that you don't need a frame for every painting. He firmly believes that art should not be locked away in galleries, libraries and glossy art books. “My art is for anybody, (7) _________. It's art for the people”