This document discusses various types of art including painting styles like pop art, realism, cubism, and surrealism. It asks the reader to identify different types of paintings like abstract, landscape, sculpture, self-portrait, still-life, and portrait. It provides words to complete sentences about painting qualities like mood, style, relevance, and use of color. It encourages speculating about meanings and stories behind paintings. Finally, it prompts discussion around considering graffiti and other expressions as art forms.

1. Isabel Bastida & Ana Mena

2. • Discuss these questions
What of the following ways of expression do you considerart?
What areas of the arts do you enjoy most?
Can you tell us about a recent exhibition orperformance you went to?
Do you thinkthe arts are important?

4. POP ART
REALISM
CUBISM
SURREALISM
Discuss in pairs

5. CAN YOU IDENTIFY THESE DIFFERENT TYPES OF
PAINTINGS?
ABSTRACT
LANDSCAPE

6. SCULPTURE SELF-PORTRAIT

7. A STILL-LIFE A PORTRAIT

8. INTERIOR
AN ANIMAL PORTRAIT

9. Complete the sentences using the correct word from the
box
• If a painting has a ……mood, it looks serious and sad.
• If a painting is …….., it looks very realistic.
• If a painting is …….., it contains a lot of exciting action.
• If it looks ……., it is no longer fashionable or relevant.
• If it is ……, a painting creates a special mood- such as a feeling of
romance and mystery.
• ………paintings show an artist’s feelings or thoughts- rather than
realistic objects or events.
• If it is ……., the meaning of the work isn’t clear- it’s open to
interpretation.
• An ………painting shows private moments in someone’s life.
• When it is ………., a painting is traditional and not new or different in
any way.
• …….colours are bright, strong and clear, whereas …….colours are
not strong or bright. They are softer and more delicate.
conventional dramatic atmospheric ambiguous intimate
subtle
dated sombre abstract lifelike bold

10. Speculating & Deducing
• She looks as if she’s pulling her
hair out.
• They both lookvery upset. I get
the impression that someone’s
died.
• They looklike a couple.
• She seems to have just woken up.
• The man in the corner appears to
be praying.
• They could /might be lovers.
• It must be night-time because all
the colours are so dark.
• They can’t be at home.

11. Yourturn. In pairs describe the
paintings
Wanderabove the seaWanderabove the sea
(CasparDavid Friedich)
The son of manThe son of man
(René Magritte)

12. DISCUSS IN PAIRS
“Graffiti and otherforms of expression, such as songs,
films,
furniture, tattoos... must be considered pieces of art”