Chapter VChapter V

Art, Music and Art, Music and FilmFilm

I. British ArtI. British Art1. An Over-view of British ArtA. Before 18th centurya. Most artists with continental characteristics.b. The first important English painter, Nicholas

Hilliard was a prolific painter of the queen.

B. In the 18th centurya. William Hogarth: quirky and untypical, standing outside any schoolb. Portrait painting is the more characteristic theme of British art, in England and Scotland.c. A Scot, Allan Ramsay, is the first full-scale portraitist of great distinction.

William Hogarth

d. From the second half of the 18th century, another very British theme develops in the tradition of landscape watercolors.

C. In the 19th centurya. A group of young artists founded “The Pre-

Raphaelite Brotherhood” which showed great interest in nature, bright colors, and high degree of finish.

b. Second generation of Pre-Raphaelites: moving to symbolism.

2. Art Institutions

A. The Royal Academya. It was founded in 1768.

b. Some artists were trained there.

c. It gave an opportunity for artists to exhibit and sell their work at an annual Summer Exhibition from May to August.

Academy in the 18th century

B. The Royal College of Arta. It was originally founded in 1837 as a school o

f industrial design.

b. It was renamed by Queen Victoria in 1896.

c. In 1920 William Rothenstein became principle.

C. Royal Society of Arta. It was founded in 1754.

b. The main objective of the society was to promote the arts, productivity and trade.

c. It was the first organization ever set up in Britain to benefit art and science.

The historical house

D. The Tate Gallerya. It was opened in 1897.

b. It had eight galleries and housed 65 paintings.

3. Some Well-known Artists

A. Christopher Wrena. Famous architect of 17th centuryb. A scientist as well as architectc. He built over 50 new churches in London

including St. Paul’s Cathedral.d. He died in 1723 and became the first to be

buried in St. Paul’s Cathedral.

B. William Turnera. One of the finest landscape artistb. His work was exhibited when he was a

teenager.c. He was born in London, on April 23, 1775.

d. He was elected an associate of the Royal Academy.

e. He was buried in St. Paul’s Cathedral.

f. One of the founders of English watercolor landscape painting

g. Forerunner of impressionist

C. Lucian Freud

a. born in Berlin in 1922

b. “the greatest living realist painter” and “the greatest painter of our time”

c. He produced an impressive body of highly contemporary and powerful classical etchings.

D. Sarah Lucasa. Position: one of the leading figures in an out

standing generation of young British artists who emerged during the 1990s; international reputation for provocative works

b. Features: sculptures from a heterogeneous and unexpected range of everyday material; making constant reference to the human body; questioning gender definitions and challenging macho culture; making provocative self-portraits that question traditional depictions of women and challenging the cliched image of the modern artist in work.

c. She attended Goldsmiths College from 1984-7 and showed her work in Freeze

d. Lucas’s first solo exhibition was at City Racing in 1992 and in 1993.

e. She set up The Shop.

f. In 1997 she was included in the exhibition Sensation.

II. Music in Britain1. Over-view of British MusicA. The British people is a nation of loving music.B. Britain gives much consideration to music

education.C. There are important music festivals and music halls.D. The Royal Albert Hall in London hosts the biggest

annual classical music festival, known as the Proms.

E. Britain has produced many composers and conductors.

F. The British jazz scene holds an important place in the world.

G. Pop and rock music is an essential part of British culture.

2. Some Pop Stars

A. Bonnie Tyler---a rock stara. Tyler scored a number three hit with their It’s a

Heartache in 1978.

b. Total Eclipse of the Heart spent four weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard charts and helped Faster Than the Speed of Night sell over a million copies and debut at No. 1 in the UK.

c. Tyler recorded Holding Out For a Hero

which proves her last major success.

B. Dido---an electronic pop chanteusea. born in 1971, Londonb. At the age of 6, she entered London’s Guildhall School of Music and mastered piano, violin and recorder.c. She joined the trip-hop outfit Faithless in 1995 an

d their Reverence sold 5 million copies worldwide in 1996.

d. She worked on solo material, developing a ethereal sound combining acoustic pop and electronic.

e. She released her debut LP, No Angel in mid-1999.f. Her biggest break, Thank You, became Top Five s

mash in early 2001.g. In Sep. 2003, she released Life for Rent.

C. Katie Melua---a rock & pop stara. Life born in Georgia (former USSR) in 1984. She won the TV competition called “Stars Up Their

Nose” and gained valuable experience. She started writing songs in 2001.b. Achievements in Music In 2003 she was invited to perform at the Royal Vari

ety. In Nov. 2003 she headlined her gig at the Shepherd

s Bush Empire, showing her talent for performing. Her debut album Call Off the Search was released i

n 2003 ,hit No. 1 in 2004 ,hit No. 1 spot in Denmark and became a top five album in Japan.

At the end of Feb. 2004 she embarked on her debut live tour.

“Late Late Show” in America in 2005c. Charity activities As the ambassador for “Save The Children”, she

joined the recording of Tears In Heaven as a fundraising single.

She joined the line up for the Band Aid 20 single to record a new version of Do They Know It’s Christmas.

In March 2005 she performed in aid of Mandela’s AIDS foundation.

d. Awards British Citizen Performing at the Royal Wedding of Prince in

Holland and at the Norwegian Royal Gala Concert.

She was invited by the American TV show “Good Morning America”

Performing at the Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony The highest selling female artist in Britain in 2005 Two awards in the “Best Female” and ‘Pop”

categories and for the “Best International Female” at the Edison Awards in Holland and for the “Best International Female (Rock & pop)” at the Echo Awards in Germany

III. Film

1. BAFTA AwardsA. Definition The British Academy of Film and

Television Arts is a British organization that hosts annual awards shows for film, television, children’s film and television, and interactive media.

B. Historya. founded in 1947 as The British Film Academy.b. It became BAFTA in 1976.C. The Academy’s trophies: in the form of a theatrical mask designed

by American sculptor

D. Main office: on Piccadilly in London

E. Ceremony: the British Academy Film Awards in Feb.

2. Some Directors and Movie StarsA. Sir Alfred Hitchcock (1899-1980)a. English-American film director, writer and

producerb. Born in Londonc. He began his career as a director in 1925 and

became prominent with The 39 Steps (1935) and The Lady Vanishes (1938).

d. Works: Strangers on a Train (1951), Rear Window (1954), Vertigo (1958), North by Northwest (1959), Psycho (1960)

B. Stephen Frearsa. Born in 1941, England

b. He produced and directed over 50 films.

c. He was nominated for 2 Oscars.

d. He has won another 30 wins and 34 nominations.

C. Ralph Fiennes

a. Born in 1962 in England

b. He ranked No. 34 in Empire magazine's

“The top 100 Movie Stars of All Time” list.

c. The first to win a Tony Award for playing Hamlet

d. On March 2001, he received the William Shakespeare Award.

e. He was chosen by Empire Magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history.

f. He was nominated for 2 Oscars, and he has another 11 wins and 20 nominations.

D. Colin Firtha. Born in 1960, Hampshire, England

b. His first professional role was as Bennet in the West End production of another country.

c. He played character parts in both film and television.

d. He received the Royal Television Society Best Actor award.

e. He is best known for his successful role in the 1995 TV version of Pride and Prejudice and he received a BAFTA nomination for his role of Mr. Darcy.

E. Helen Mirrena. Born in 1945, London

b. She was nominated for Best Actress, Tony Award for “A Month in the Country”.

c. She is very famous for her roles of Queens, and she is the only actress to play both Queen Elizabeth I and II for 6 times.

d. She became the third person to win two Golden Globes for acting in the same year.

e. She won an Oscar Award for playing

Queen Elizabeth II in The Queen.

F. Kate Winsleta. Born in 1975 in England

b. She won an Oscar nomination as Best Supporting Actress for her subtle performance in Sense and Sensibility in 1995.

c. She received the Best Actress for Titanic in 1997.

d. She earned an Emmy nomination for Best Guest Actress in Extras and received Golden Globe, SAG and Oscar nomination for Best Actress.

e. Other works: Quills (2000), Enigma (2001),

Eternal Sunshine (2004),

Romance & Cigarettes

G. Keira Knightleya. Born in England in 1985b. Her first starring role followed in 200 in Princess of Thieves.c. Her breakthrough role was in the English footbal

l-themed film, Bend It Like Beckham.d. She was cast in the big budget action film, Pirate

s of the Caribbean, and she was a leading actress in The Curse of the Black Pearl.

e. Pride and Prejudice: Comedy/ Musical Golden Globes nomination and Academy Award for Best Actress nomination.

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