Make the sentences more intensive in meaning by adding so / such, such a or too to them.
Make changes if necessary.
I find the picture fascinating.
I think it is a remarkable painting.
We shouldn't miss this event.
The pines in the picture stand tall and strong.
People who have seen the exhibition have different opinions of it.
The sky in the picture looks real.


Choose the best alternative to fill in the gaps in each of the following sentences.
1 The painting ... to have some reference to the artist's childhood.
a) says b) appears c) tikes d) comes
2 The scene framed by two trees forming a Gothic arch reminded me
... his earlier works.
a) of b) about c) back d)to
3 I have to admit I have no ... what is drawn in the picture.
a) thought b) theory c) idea d) understanding
4 The sculpture looks ... a human figure seen from a distance.
a) as b) like c) alike d) similar
5 It took me a long time to figure ... who drew this landscape,
a) about b) of c) out d) in
6 This work is untypical of the artist — it stands in ... to what he usually does.
a) contrast b) line c) comparison d) opposition
7 I can remember... to the Hermitage for the first time,
a) coming b) come c) came
8 We can speak of his works in ... with African art.
a) opposition b) connection c) relation
9 The idea it... is a lack of liberty in society at large,
a) compasses b) compares c) combines
10 I hope this success will... you to greater efforts,
a) promote b) expand c) inspire
11 What I like about the novel is that it... life in pre-Revolutionary Russia so
realistically.
a) develops b) depicts c) designs d) determines
12 In the picture you could see a huge room ... of the sun and bright colours of the
seaside.
a) sensitive b) elusive c) evocative d) elegant
13 When you look at the picture you get this strong ... of belonging to the place,
a) meaning b) sense c) belief d) opinion
14 The ... of the colours in her flat made me exhausted,
a) intensity b) sensitivity c) elegance d) clarity


If you do the crossword correctly you will get a word which is connected with the theme of arts.
1 It is long and thin and used to show a
limit or border (4)
2 A completely flat surface (5)
3 Ordinary and not interesting (5)
4 A small round mark or spot (3)
5 A single movement of a pen or brush
when you are writing or painting (6)
6 Beauty and grace (8)
7 The outer form of something (5)
8 Showing great knowledge and
understanding (8)
9 Difficult to describe or understand (7)

4 Fill In the gaps in the sentences with suitable words.
• To form these words use the words in bold.
1 When you see his paintings you ... feel they convey a very powerful idea.
INSTINCT
2 Some critics are ... that the artist's manner has a medieval quality.
CONVINCE
3 The ... we receive when we look at the sculpture is of the mystery of life
and death.
IMPRESS
4 I didn't expect such ... in the artist's style.
SIMPLE
5 It was ... the natural beauty of the sculpture that attracted people to it.
PURE
6 There is no ... in his paintings — everything is neatly arranged.
TIDY
7 The sculptor wanted to express ... in these moving forms.
SENSITIVE
8 The ... world created by the artist reminds you of your dreams.
REALITY
9 The ... of the idea makes you exhausted when you spend too long
looking at the composition.
INTENSE
10 The artist's ... of vision impressed all who knew him.
CLEAR

Read the desсription of a painting and fill in the gaps with the correct articles.
The source for this painting is Shakespeare's account of the death of Ophelia in Hamlet. Ophelia has been driven mad by (1)... murder of her father by her lover Hamlet. Out picking flowers, she slips and falls into a stream. In her grief and madness she allows herself to drown.
Millais spent nearly four months from July to October 1851 painting (2) ... background, on the bank of the River Hogsmill at Eweil, in Surrey. He endured considerable difficulties and discomfort and (3)... whole story of the painting of Ophelia is evidence of the extraordinary dedication of the young Pre-Raphaelites to their goal of "truth to nature". In December, Millais returned with (4)... canvas to London, where he inserted the figure. The model was Elizabeth Siddal, who posed in (5) ... bath full of water kept warm by lamps underneath. The lamps once went out, she caught (6) ... severe cold and her father threatened Millais with legal action if he didn't pay (7),.. doctor's bill.
The brilliant colour and luminosity of Ophelia is the result of the Pre-Raphaelite technique of painting in pure colours onto (8)... pure white ground. (9)... ground was sometimes laid fresh for each day's work — the "wet white" technique -which gave added brilliance and was used by Millais in Ophelia particularly for the flowers.
The picture contains dozens of different plants and flowers painted with the most painstaking botanical fidelity and in some cases charged with symbolic significance. For example, the willow, the nettle growing within its branches and the daisies near Ophelia's right hand are associated with forsaken love, pain and innocence respectively. The poppy is (10)... symbol of death.