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Art Vocabulary

Visual art
 ceramics
 drawing
 painting
 sculpture
 printmaking
 design
 crafts
 photography
 video
 film-making
 architecture

Written art
 literature
 novels
 drama
 short story
 biography / autobiography
 poetry

performing art

 dance
 cinema
 theater
 ballet
 concert
 opera

Painting
 portrait
 brush stroke
 canvas
 landscape
 still-life picture
 palette
 impressionism
 expressionism
 sketch
 sitter

Places and events

 museum
 gallery
 theater
 cinema/ movies
 exhibition

Collocations

 the sets were incredible


 colorful / elaborate / lavish / national / traditional / period /
eighteenth-century / Victorian costumes
 a good cast
 give a fantastic performance
 do a performance
 get a rave review
 an exhibition by Salvador Dali
 to publish a book
 cinema is showing Steven Spielberg's latest film
 what's on at the cinema / theater next weekend?

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