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Identify the artwork

Points to be covered

  1. Artwork's title
  2. Name of artist
  3. Year of origin / artistic period
  4. Media / technique used: e.g. oil on canvas, watercolor, bronze...
  5. Genre (portrait, still-life, landscape, nude...)
  6. Degree of likeness with reality (abstract, figurative/representational)
  7. Dimensions (if that information is available)

Some useful expressions you might want to employ

  • (Title of the artwork) is a (media used) created by (artist) in (year).
  • This painting/drawing/sculpture/photograph is a (degree of likeness) (genre) that belongs to (artistic period).
  • This painting/drawing/photograph measures (...) cm in height by (...) cm in width. 
  • This statuette measures (...) cm in height by (...) cm in width by (...) cm in depth.

 

Portrait of Eduard Kosmack, by Schiele (1910). Image taken from: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Egon_Schiele_061.jpg
Portrait of Eduard Kosmack, by Schiele (1910). Image taken from: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Egon_Schiele_061.jpg

Example

"Portrait of Eduard Kosmack is an oil on canvas created by Egon Schiele in 1910. This painting, which measures 100 cm in height by 100 cm in width, is a representational portrait that belongs to Expressionism".

Vocabulary review

Complete the following sentences with words from the texts above.

1. The English word for acuarela is " ".

2. "Portrait" means " " in Spanish.

3. The English equivalent of paisaje, as a in painting, is " ".

4. The English term for óleo sobre lienzo is " ".

5. When referring to an artwork's degree of with reality, another way of saying "abstract" would be "non- " or "non-figurative".

6. The English term for naturaleza muerta or bodegón is " ".

7. Las Meninas measures 318 cm in h by 276 cm in w .

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