3.5.1 Styles of Art.

Hmm.

If you don’t stay still Moby, I will never finish painting your portrait.

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Crash.

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Stop peeking!

And sit still! I promise I will show you the painting as soon as I finish it.

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Here, you might understand art better after you look at my art history book.

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Laughs

I won’t be able to paint like that unless I practice painting a lot.

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The painting you’re pointing to is the Mona Lisa.

It’s the one of the most famous painting in the world.

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An Italian artist named Leonardo da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa in the early
1500s.

He lived at a time of great artistic activity.

It was called the Renaissance.

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The Renaissance started in Italy in the 14th century but then moved to many
other countries in the 15th and 16th centuries.

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Renaissance means “rebirth” in French.

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Well, almost. It was a rebirth, or a new interest, in the classical Greek and
Roman ideas from centuries before.

These ideas had a huge influence on all the artists and writers of the time.

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Influence is when something or someone changes what you think.

Like me. I’m a good influence on you.

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Whoa!

You’re made of dots just like in the painting “Sunday on la Grange Jatte.”

It was painted in 1886 by a French artist named Georges Seurat.

Seurat was famous for using points, or dots, in his paintings.

All the points together created the picture.

That’s why this style, or the way of painting, is called Pointillism.

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That’s how Pointillism works!

When you hold the painting close like that, it’s hard to see what the picture is.
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Do the opposite – hold it father away, so you can see the whole picture.

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If you like Seurat, then you will probably enjoy Impressionism.

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Pointillism was a method of painting used by some Impressionist painters.

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An impression is a feeling, thought, or idea you have.

This style was called impressionism because the artists painted the
impression they had of light, colour, and nature.

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That portrait is by the Spanish artist Pablo Picasso.

If you look closely, you will see the woman from both the front and the side.

This style is called Cubism.

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Don’t worry, Moby, I’m not painting you like a Picasso painting.

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If you think Cubism seems strange, wait until you see what comes next in art
history.

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It’s not just a square, this style is called abstract art.

Abstract is the opposite of concrete.

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Not that kind of concrete!

“Concrete” also means something we can see and touch.

“Abstract” is more like an idea about something.

For example, my watch is concrete.

But time is abstract.

Abstract artists don’t paint people and things as they look in real life.

They use colours and shapes to show ideas and feelings.

When I look at an abstract painting, I will feel and think something different
than what you feel and think.

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And that’s the idea. Everyone has a different understanding.

Whether you like abstract art or not, it’s interesting!

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Now if you’re ready, I will show you your portrait.

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Ta-da!

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What do you mean?

Oh yeah, I did forget something.

Now it’s finished.

First Conditional

Conditional sentences have two parts:

A condition and a result.

Condition.

If you help me, I will play with you.

Result

If the condition happens, then the result will happen.

If condition, result

We form the first conditional with the present tense in the condition, and the
future tense in the result.

If + (present), (future)

If you help me, I will play with you.

If Nikki leaves the window open, Lucky will run away.

We can change the order of the sentence, but when the result comes first, we
don’t need a comma.

Result + condition

I will play with you if you help me.

If you heat it, the water will boil.

The water will boil if you heat it.

Unless = if not

We can use “unless” instead of “if”.

If it doesn’t rain, we will sleep in the tree house.

Unless it rains, we will sleep in the tree house.

You won’t be strong unless you exercise.

Unless it rains, we’ll sleep there.

Time Clauses

We can use time expression instead of “if”.

If= Before, After, When, as soon as, until, once.

We use the present tense after time expression, even if they’re about the
future.

Time clause + (present)

When Nikki comes in, we will shout “Surprise!”

Surprise!

He will look better after we wash him.