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ART – THE SOURCE THE UP-BRINGING OF THE MAN OF CULTURE Part 2
Authors: N. Myropolska
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The article opens the possibilities of the application of the special course on English art created on the basis of N. Pevsner’s work «The Englishness of English art». Its goal – to accustom students to realizing national pearls of England by means of the language, enriching their both linguistic and study of art level. The course deals will such topics as «The geography of art», devoted to the national character of English people, which was influenced by climate and geographical position of the island; «Hogarth and observed life» – underlines his masterpieces as incidents which any observant eye can discover every day; «Reynolds and detachment» – describes far – reaching contrast between what he preached and what he did, his portraits which keep long silence; «Perpendicular England» is devoted mainly to the English architecture and for good reasons is known as Perpendicular; «Blake and the flaming like» – assents artists zigzag, undulating, violent and tender lines; ‘Constable and the pursuant of nature» investigates his Englishness through Suffolk countryside, where his art can be found under every hedge and in every lane; «Picturesque England» tells about asymmetrical, informal, varied gardens which created garden suburb and garden city.
Key words: Arts of England, Hogarth, Blake, Reynolds, Constable, architecture, park art.