Vocabulary The arts

Visual art

ceramics
drawing
painting
sculpture
printmaking
design
crafts
photography
video
film-making
architecture

Written art

literature
novels
drama
short story
biography / autobiography
poetry

performing art

dance
cinema
theater
ballet
concert
opera

Painting

portrait
brush stroke
canvas
landscape
still-life picture
palette
impressionism
expressionism
sketch
sitter

Places and events

 museum
gallery
theater
cinema/ movies
exhibition

Collocations

the sets were incredible

colorful / elaborate / lavish / national / traditional / period / eighteenth-century /
Victorian costumes
a good cast
give a fantastic performance
do a performance
get a rave review
an exhibition by Salvador Dali
to publish a book
cinema is showing Steven Spielberg's latest film
what's on at the cinema / theater next weekend?