Cultural Heritage of Great Britain: рainting

In 1890 two more comic magazines debuted before the British public, Comic Cuts and Illustrated Chips, both published by Amalgamated Press. These magazines notoriously reprinted British and American material, previously published in newspapers and magazines, without permission. The success of these comics was such that Amalgamated's owner, Alfred Harmsworth, was able to launch The Daily Mirror and The Daily Mail newspapers on the profits.

4.2 Famous British Comics

The Dandy is a long running children's comic published in the United Kingdom by D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd. The first issue was printed in 1937 and it is the world's third longest running comic, after Detective Comics (cover dated March 1937) and Il Giornalino (cover dated 1 October 1924). From August 2007 until October 2010, it was rebranded as Dandy Xtreme.

The first issue, under the name The Dandy Comic, was published on 4 December 1937. It was published weekly until 6 September 1941, when wartime paper shortages forced it to switch to fortnightly, alternating with The Beano. It returned to its weekly schedule on 30 July 1949. From 17 July 1950, the magazine changed its name to just The Dandy.

The original editor was Albert Barnes. According to The Legend of Desperate Dan (published 1997), Dan's famous chin was modelled on Barnes. He stayed in the role until 1982, when he was succeeded by Dave Torrie. His replacement was Morris Heggie, who left the editorship in 2006 to become the DC Thomson archivist - Beano editor Euan Kerr was promoted at the same time. The current editor is Craig Graham.

Another famous British comic is Eagle. Eagle was a seminal British children's comic, first published from 1950 to 1969, and then in a relaunched format from 1982 to 1994. It was founded by Marcus Morris, an Anglican vicar from Lancashire. Morris edited a parish magazine called The Anvil, but felt that the church was not communicating its message effectively. He was also disillusioned with contemporary children's literature, and with Anvil artist Frank Hampson created a dummy comic based on Christian values. Morris hawked the idea to several Fleet Street publishers, with little success, until Hulton Press decided to take it on.

Following a huge publicity campaign, the first issue of Eagle was released in April 1950. Revolutionary in its presentation and content, it was enormously successful; the first issue sold about 900,000 copies. Featured in colour on the front cover was the comic's most recognisable story, Dan Dare, Pilot of the Future, created by Hampson with meticulous attention to detail. Other popular stories included Riders of the Range and P.C. 49. Eagle also contained news and sport sections, and educational cutaway diagrams of sophisticated machinery. A members club was created, and a range of related merchandise was licensed for sale.

Amidst a takeover of the comic's publisher and a series of acrimonious disputes, Morris left in 1959; Hampson followed shortly thereafter. Although Eagle continued in various forms, a perceived lowering of editorial standards preceded plummeting sales, and it was eventually subsumed by its rival, Lion, in 1969. Eagle was relaunched in 1982 and ran for over 500 issues, before being dropped by its publisher in 1994.

Conclusion

Great Britain has a big history of art, especially history of painting. Britain didn't have its own school of painting up to the XVII century. By nowadays Great Britain has a rich history of the school of painting. Britain reared a great amount of talented painters who reserved really great masterpieces. Every of this painter had vivid, interesting history and a particular style.

Having researched British art in detail I came to the conclusion that British art has suffered radical changes since 17th century. British contemporary art is rather unique but it has the right for existence.

To sum up I'd like to say that the aim of my project has been achieved though I encountered some difficulties. First of all it was lack of information in the Internet and it was necessary to look through all the information which was found and to select requisite one for me.

I believe that outcomes of this project can be applied to studying the art of this country at schools and colleges at English lessons, as there is little information about cultural heritage of Great Britain in the textbooks nowadays.

Researching the outcomes of the survey carried out among the senior pupils I came to the conclusion that the art of Britain is little known for the majority of students.

So, I recommend studying the offered material on British painting at elective courses, English circles, quizzes and wall newspapers. I am sure it will be useful to extend students' knowledge about the cultural heritage of Great Britain, especially painting.

Resources

1. Vasilyeva L.V. English Language 10th form: art of Great Britain XVII-XX centuries

2. http://www.artrenewal.org/pages/artist.php?artistid=29

3. http://www.britishcomics.com/History/gifford.htm

4. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Pop Art

5. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Stuckism

6. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Vorticism

7. Mikhailov N.N. English cultural Studies. Moscow: Academia, 2003.

8. Nesterova N.M. Great Britain. Rostov-on-Don: Fenix, 2005.

9. Oshepkova V.V. Language and Culture (GB, USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand). St. Petersburg: Karo, 2004.

10. Radovel V.A. Across Great Britain. Rostov-on-Don: Fenix, 2005.

11. Satinova V.F. Read and Speak about Britain and the British. Minsk: VysheishayaShkola.

Supplement 1

The theme of my project is cultural heritage of Great Britain. In the world's history of art there are many movements which are famous everywhere. This year I made a research work about contemporary painting of Great Britain and investigated three main currents of 19th-21st centuries. I became interested in knowledge of my peers in these three periods. So I have conducted a survey among senior students and asked for several questions pertaining to the cultural heritage of Great Britain. During this creative work I have used different tools such as analysis and diagnostics. Researching the outcomes of the survey I came to the conclusion that art of Britain is little known for the majority of students. I believe that outcomes of this project can be applied to studying the art of this country at schools and colleges at English lessons, as there is little information about cultural heritage of Great Britain in the textbooks nowadays.

Supplement 2

Paintings by Famous Painters

Wyndham Lewis “BLAST”

Paul Nash “The Ypres Salient at Night”

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