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ART and LITERATURE (THE ARTS (FINE ARTS / VISUAL ARTS (PAINTING (be…
ART and LITERATURE
THE ARTS
FINE ARTS / VISUAL ARTS
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PAINTING
be visually literate (educated with regard to art)
canvas
easel
engraving
palette
portrait / self-portrait
sketch
still life (a type of painting or
drawing of an arrangement of objects that do
not move, such as flowers, fruit, bowls)
PERFORMING ARTS
THEATRE
orchestra pit
stage
curtain
gallery
stalls
aisle
opera glasses
box
box office
choreographer
drama school
mime
prompter
put on a play
street performer
MUSIC
absolute / perfect pitch
a major
a minor
bar
busker
bugle
bugle call
concert hall
concerto
gig
haunting melody
high-pitched / low pitched sound
improvise
in tune ≠ out of tune
live music / performance
lyrics
massive hit
note
perform in public
polonaise
read music
recored label
score
tune an instrument
works of Beethoven
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GENERAL
brutal scenes
to convey
critical opinion
cultural event
offend people's feelings
pose questions
provoke
work of art
IDIOMS AND PHRASES
art for art's sake
to have something down to a fine art
state-of-the-art
to paint the town red
to paint yourself into a corner
one picture paints a thousand words
to be an open book
to be in one's good books
to cook the books
to do sth by the book
(not) judge a book by its cover
one for the books
be music to sb's ears
face the music
play it by ear
as fit as a fiddle
LITERATURE
blurb
engrossed in a book
final pages
flick/skim through a book
gripping tale
hardback ≠ paperbook
narrator
playwright
a page-turner
compulsive reading (formal)
be ahead of its time ≠ a product of its time (a reflection of that time)
lightweight (= not complex, slightly negative connotation)
bedtime reading
heavy going
readership
to wade through (= finish reading sth, but with difficulty)
PEOPLE'S REACTIONS
TO ART
be an armchair critic
bored out of one's mind
do a hatchet job on (criticize
strongly and cruelly)
feel a thrill
feel uplifted
get sb down
impressed by sth
make you think
move to tears
outraged
to pick holes in the plot
cliffhanger (=a story or a situation that is exciting because its ending or result is uncertain until it happens)