| to pull the wool over sb's eyes | to deceive |
| philistinism | inability to appreciate art or culture |
| detractor | critic |
| by stealth | acting secretly |
| wise up | become more sophisticated |
| dumb down | become less intellectual |
| Tate Modern | modern art gallery, London |
| Renaissance | period of new interests in art |
| fad | a short enthusiasm for something (disapproving) |
| vote with sb's feet | stop coming |
| impressionism,cubist,surrealism | types of artists and schools of arts |
| deem | consider |
| visually literate | educated |
| immune to / inured to | not affected by |
| highbrow | intended for educated, intelligent people, disapproving (lowbrow) |
| impenetrable | extremely difficult to understand (transparent) |
| sophisticated | showing advanced skills and understanding (primitive) |
| challenging | demanding considerable effort to be understood (undemanding) |
| dazzling | inspiring great admiration because it is brillian in some way (pedestrian) |
| evocative | calling up images and memories (uninspiring) |
| intriguing | interesting because it is strange or mysterious (dreary) |
| peerless | better than any other (run-of-the-mill) |
| tongue-in-cheek | not intended to be taken seriously despite appearing serious ( earnest) |
| to be shadowy | niewyraźne ( a shadowy figure - zagadkowa postać) |
| to be depicted | to be portrayed |
| mould | ukształtowany |
