UNIT 7. The World of Painting » Стр.78 (1)

Read and develop the idea. It goes without saying that before looking at painting works you are supposed to know something about the artist who created them, about the time in which he worked, about the artist's style and technique. You see a picture, but you can’t see the soul of the artist who created it and you can only see the result of his or her work. But every painting has its own story and meaning that can be revealed only by acquaintance with the artist, his genre of painting and his/her views of life.