Art and architecture

Question 1

figure
(noun)

Answer 1

a statue of a person or an animal [tượng (của người hay động vật)]

A bronze figure of a horse is the prize for this competition

Question 2

minimalism
(noun)

Answer 2

a style of art, music or design that uses very simple ideas or a very small number of simple elements (chủ nghĩa tối giản)

He is talking about the merits of minimalism in interior design

Question 3

modern art
(noun phrase)

Answer 3

artworks produced from late 19th and early-to-mid 20th century (nghệ thuật hiện đại)

It will be one of the four greatest museums of modern art in the world

Question 4

elegant
(adjective)

Answer 4

attractive and showing a good sense of style (tao nhã)

You can dine in elegant surroundings

Question 5

masterpiece
(noun)

Answer 5

a work of art such as a painting, film, book, etc. that is an excellent, or the best, example of the artist’s work (tuyệt tác)

The museum houses several of his Cubist masterpieces

Question 6

aesthetic
(adjective)

Answer 6

connected with beauty and art (mang tính thẩm mỹ)

The works of art are judged on purely aesthetic grounds.

Question 7

exhibit
(noun)

Answer 7

a collection of things, for example works of art, that are shown to the public (triển lãm)

The new exhibit will tour a dozen US cities next year

Question 8

artistic community
(noun phrase)

Answer 8

a community of artists and art lovers (cộng đồng nghệ thuật)

I never felt we were fully accepted by the artistic community

Question 9

cast
(noun)

Answer 9

a container with a particular shape used to make an object, a mould (khuôn đúc)

Murray has his leg in a cast

Question 10

canvas
(noun)

Answer 10

a piece of this cloth used by artists for painting on, usually with oil paints, or the painting itself (vải canvas (dùng để vẽ))

These two canvases by Hockney would sell for £1,500,000

Question 11

concept
(noun)

Answer 11

an idea or a principle that is connected with something abstract (ý tưởng)

The concept behind his business is mysterious

Question 12

depiction
(noun)

Answer 12

the act of showing what somebody/something is like in words or pictures (sự mô tả)

She is a successful artist, painting beautifully detailed depictions of local life.

Question 13

aviary
(noun)

Answer 13

a large cage or building for keeping birds in, for example in a zoo (chuồng chim, nhà chim)

It costs around £10,000 a year to run the aviaries

Question 14

anteroom
(noun)

Answer 14

a room where people can wait before entering a larger room (phòng chờ)

The ministers waited for their meeting in the Cabinet anteroom.

Question 15

attic
(noun)

Answer 15

a room or space just below the roof of a house, often used for storing things (gác mái)

Indeed, he was nervous when I was out of the attic.

Question 16

ballroom
(noun)

Answer 16

a large room that is used for formal dancing (phòng khiêu vũ)

He entered the palatial ballroom and took in his surroundings

Question 17

cellar
(noun)

Answer 17

an underground room often used for storing things (hầm chứa (rượu, thức ăn))

We looked all over the house, even down in the coal cellar.

Question 18

cloakroom
(noun)

Answer 18

a room in a public building where people can leave coats, bags, etc. for a time (phòng giữ đồ)

I went to the cloakroom in the first interval

Question 19

conservatory
(noun)

Answer 19

a room with glass walls and a glass roof, usually connected to a house, used for growing plants or for relaxing in (nhà kính trồng cây)

As usual we had breakfast in the conservatory.

Question 20

landing
(noun)

Answer 20

the area at the top of a set of stairs where you arrive before you go into an upstairs room or move onto another set of stairs (chiếu nghỉ (ở đầu cầu thang))

Go up to the first-floor landing and it’s the door on the right.

Question 21

lobby
(noun)

Answer 21

a large area inside the entrance of a public building where people can meet and wait (sảnh)

I’ll meet you in the entrance lobby.

Question 22

staircase
(noun)

Answer 22

a set of stairs inside a building including the banisters (= posts and bars that are fixed at the side)(cầu thang)

The spiral staircase led to an upper gallery

Question 23

pantry
(noun)

Answer 23

a cupboard or small room in a house, used for storing food (nơi chứa thức ăn)

There’s bread and cheese in the pantry

Question 24

calligraphy
(noun)

Answer 24

the art of producing beautiful handwriting (thư pháp)

He spent the rest of his life writing calligraphy in his room.

Question 25

marble bust
(noun phrase)

Answer 25

a stone or metal model of a person’s head, shoulders and chest (tượng bán thân)

During the last year of his life, his friends set up a fund to pay to have a marble bust made of him

Question 26

mural
(noun)

Answer 26

a painting, usually a large one, done on a wall, sometimes on an outside wall of a building (tranh tường)

he view was like a mural painted on a blue backdrop

Question 27

portrait of somebody
(noun)

Answer 27

a painting, drawing or photograph of a person, especially of the head and shoulders (chân dung)

A full-length portrait of the Queen hung on the wall

Question 28

tapestry
(noun)

Answer 28

a picture or pattern that is made by weaving coloured wool onto heavy cloth; the art of doing this (thảm trang trí)

Mitchell creates tapestries that depict river landscapes.

Question 29

background
(noun)

Answer 29

the part of a picture, photograph or view behind the main objects, people, etc. (phía sau)

In the background, you can see my college friends

Question 30

foreground
(noun)

Answer 30

the part of a view, picture, etc. that is nearest to you when you look at it (phía trước)

The woman in the foreground of the painting is the artist’s mother

Question 31

medium
(noun)

Answer 31

a material used to create art like wood, metal, and paint (vật liệu)

In painting, common media are oil paints, watercolors, acrylic paints, etc

Question 32

palette
(noun)

Answer 32

the colours used by a particular artist (bảng màu)

Greens and browns are typical of Ribera’s palette.

Question 33

public art
(noun phrase)

Answer 33

artworks placed in public (tác phẩm nghệ thuật công cộng)

Saigon Outcast is one of the largest public arts in HCM City.

Question 34

realism
(noun)

Answer 34

a style in art or literature that shows things and people as they are in real life (chủ nghĩa hiện thực)

He has hope, but also a scientist’s sense of realism.

Question 35

symbolism
(noun)

Answer 35

the use of symbols in art, literature, films, etc. to represent ideas (chủ nghĩa tượng trưng)

Religious symbolism is very characteristic of the paintings of this period

Question 36

depict
(verb)

Answer 36

to show an image of somebody/something in a picture (miêu tả)

The painting depicts the Virgin and Child

Question 37

evoke
(verb )

Answer 37

to bring a feeling, a memory or an image into your mind (gợi lên)

The photograph evoked feelings of her tranquility.

Question 38

vivid
(adjective)

Answer 38

producing clear, powerful, and detailed images (sống động)

He had a vivid picture of her in his mind.

Question 39

work of art
(noun)

Answer 39

a painting, statue, etc. (tác phẩm)

A number of priceless works of art were stolen from the gallery.