March 11-12

Here we go, dear friends! These days be ready with:

1. Topic #3. Poetry and Music of the Sea. Marine Painting as represented in the works by J.M.W. Turner, Ivan Aivazovsky and Winslow Homer. 
2. Topic #5. Innumerable Masterpieces of the Tretyakov Gallery. When and how was it founded? Who was Pavel Tretyakov? Are there Tretyakovs nowadays? What does the Gallery’s collection consist of? Dwell on the peculiarities of the masterpieces you like most. 
3. Topic #6. The Role of Art in the Modern Society. Is art for the elite or for the wider public? Has the role of art changed over the time? Comment on different genres in painting and their impact on the modern world.
4. Topic #1.What Is an Artist? Paradoxical does it seem to be: the artist as a man apart, as ‘the pilgrim to some shrine that does not exist’, and the artist as a man rooted deeply in his own time, in his own society, conveying the atmosphere of his time. - outline only
5. Portfolio

Red - obligatory for everybody
Blue - obligatory for everybody but Yana G., Julia L. and Kate F.
Yellow - obligatory for Yana G., Julia L. and Kate F.
Lilac - obligatory for Kate K, Nastya B. and Lisa Ts.