Искусство. Котлярова С.В - 12 стр.

http://www.acag.co.uk (Ainscough Contemporary Art)                                windows giving upon the street. The word pair in the combination a pair of
http://www.albemarlegallery.co.uk (Albemare Gallery)                              stairs (steps) means "a flight". A three-pair front and the like may also de-
http://www.bsgart.com (Berkeley Square Gallery)                                   note occupants of these rooms.
http://www.nevillgallery.com (Nevill Gallery)
                                                                                  BUILD, ERECT, CONSTRUCT
http://www.stives.dircon.co.uk (New Millennium Gallery)
http://www.historicalportraits.com (Historical Portraits)                                 Build signifies the making of a house. Erect means "to set up straight".
http://www.piccadillygall.demon.co.uk (Piccadilly Gallery)                        Construct signifies to build by piling stones one on top of another, etc. The
http://www.scolarfineart.com (Scolar Fine Art)                                    word build by distinction expresses the purpose of the action; erect indicates
http://www.stentongallery.com (Stenton Gallery)                                   the mode of the action; construct indicates contrivance in the action. What is
http://www.diorama-arts.org.uk (Diorama Arts)                                     built is employed for the purpose of receiving, retaining, or confining; what is
http://www.apollogallery.ie (Apollo Gallery)                                      erected is placed in an elevated situation; what is constructed is put together
5. ONLINE GALLERIES (Internet only galleries)                                     with ingenuity. All that is built may be said to be erected or constructed, but
http://www.artconnection.com/ (Art Connection – fine art & sculpture)             all that is erected or constructed is not said to be built; likewise what is
http://www.artlondon.com (ArtLondon.com – London’s international fine             erected is mostly constructed, though not vice versa. We build from necessity;
art portal)                                                                       we erect for ornament; we construct for utility and convenience. Houses are
http://www.hollyblue.com (Holly Blue On Line Gallery – art & photogra-            built, monuments erected, machines are constructed.
phy)                                                                              BUILDING, EDIFICE, STRUCTURE
                                                                                         Building is the common and in most cases the adequate term. Edifice
APPENDIX 1.                                                                       usually applies to large and elegant buildings only. Structure retains more
                                                                                  frequently than the others the sense of something constructed, often in a
                          SIDELIGHT ON USAGE                                      particular way; as a tumble-down structure; a modern steel structure. Like
ART, SKILL, CRAFT                                                                 edifice, structure is often used of buildings of some size and magnificence.
        The earliest and still common implications of art are those which are     Edifice, for building, in its concrete sense (generally with reference to a
now associated specifically with skill: technical knowledge, and proficiency      large building), belongs to that class of words to which M. E. U.∗ has given
or expertness in its exercise or practical application. Art and craft were once   the happy term "genteelisms". A genteelism Fowler defines as the substitu-
synonyms but now tend to become contrasted terms; both words still imply          tion, for the ordinary natural word that would first suggest itself to the
ingenuity and subtlety in workmanship, craft tending to be applied to a           mind, of a synonym thought to be less familiar, less vulgar, less improper.
lower kind of skill or inventive power revealing itself in the mastery of ma-     In a figurative sense edifice can be an effective word.
terials or technique and in effects that can be analysed and imitated, and art
to a higher creative power capable of expressing a personal vision and of         COLOUR, HUE, SHADE, TINT, TINGE
achieving results which defy analysis and imitation, thus, an artist may                 Colour is the ordinary term and in careful use, the only generic term
demonstrate his craft in painting sunlight but he manifests his art in painting   of this group. Hue in poetry or elevated prose, is often synonymous with
a scene that conveys his feelings to the spectator.                               colour. More specifically, hue suggests some modification of colour. Shade
                                                                                  is often used in the sense of one of the gradations of a colour, especially as
ARTIST see PAINTER                                                                its hue is affected by its brilliance, as to seek a darker shade of blue (i.e. a
BACK, FRONT                                                                       blue that is lower in brilliance because nearer to dark grey or black); a
       A basement-back is a basement facing the yard; in the same way a           brighter shade of green (i.e. one higher in brilliance and saturation) is desir-
top-floor back is a room on the top floor looking out on to the yard; a one       able; various shades of grey. Tint is also used as meaning a gradation of
(two, three)-pair back is a room on the first (second, third) floor overlook-
                                                                                  ∗
ing the yard and a two-pair front is a room on the second floor with all the          M. E. U. – Modern English Usage by W. H. Fowler.
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