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Subject British painting

Plan

1. The beginning of British painting school. Foreign artists and their role in its foundation.

– Sir Anthony Van Dyck as a father of the portrait school in Britain.

2. British national school of painting and its main characteristics. Portrait painting as a glory of British art:

– William Hogarth as a founder of British portrait’s school;

– Joshua Reynolds: his output into the development of British portrait’s school;

– Thomas Lawrence: a portraitist of nobility;

– George Romney: a popular sought-after portraitist.

3. Difficulties in developing of landscape painting in Great Britain. Landscaping as the second glory of British art:

– Thomas Gainsborough as a founder of British landscape’s school;

– John Constable and his style: «the chiaroscuro of Nature»;

– Joseph Mallord William Turner: British landscapist, anticipated Impressionism and abstract art.

4. The development of contemporary British painting:

– abstract style: Ben Nicholson, Victor Pasmore;

– cubism and surrealism: Paul Nash and Graham Sutherland;

– abstract industrial landscaping: Lawrence Steven Lowry;

– pop art: Richard Hamilton, Eduardo Paolozzi, David Hockney;

– optical painting and other methods: Bridget Riley.

NB: Preparing your answer you should mention: full name and pseudonym (if a painter has it), some facts of his biography (years of life, place of birth, parents, and education), genres and manner of his painting, his famous pictures, and his output into the development of British painting. Fulfill the table:

The name	Years of life, place of birth, parents, education	Genres	Manner of painting	Famous pictures	Output into the development of British painting
Sir Anthony Van Dyck
William Hogarth
Joshua Reynolds
Thomas Lawrence
George Romney
Thomas Gainsborough
Joseph Mallord William Turner

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Literature

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5. A Book of Britain. Британия. Учебное пособие по страноведению для студентов ин-тов и фак. иностр. яз. Изд. 2-е. – Л., 1977. – С. 349–374, 392–397.