Labour above all. The place of fine art

A Grade 6 topic in Fine Art: “Lessons 1–2. ‘Labour above all’. The place of fine art in everyday life” (pp. 4–9, D. A. Akmatov, A. K. Orozobaev). Since ancient times people hunted, tilled the land and kept animals — this can be seen in the drawings carved on the stones of the open-air gallery Saimaluu-Tash. The first tools of labour were made of stone, bone, wood and horn. The drawings of the Italian inventor, painter, sculptor and architect Leonardo da Vinci, who dreamed “if people could fly like birds”, have come true today. There is a folk proverb: “Labour is above all”. Art includes graphic art, painting, sculpture, architecture, literature, music, ballet, theatre and cinema. Each has its own means of expression: graphic art — line, painting — colour, sculpture and architecture — volume, literature — word, music — sound, ballet — movement. Fine art includes painting, graphic art, sculpture, decorative and applied art, and architecture. The lesson looks at works on the theme of labour: “The Red Ox, the Blue Plough” by S. Ishenov, “On the Threshing Floor” by F. Stukoshin, “The Mowers” by G. Myasoedov and “Another Failing Grade” by F. Reshetnikov.