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Modern Art
English Worksheet
1. Look at the painting. Check (√) the adjectives that you think describe
the painting. Then add some of your own adjectives.
…….beautiful …….interesting
…….boring …….ugly
…….colorful …….weird
…….confusing Nice
Other: ………………..
…….expensive Other: Scary
………………..
…….happy Cool
Other: ………………..
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2. Read the following text
………………………… (Title)
Kazuo Shiraga is an artist from the Gutai art group, which emerged in Japan
after World War II. He doesn’t paint in the traditional way, with a paintbrush.
Instead, he creates his paintings using his hands and feet. He wants to
communicate the idea of movement and action in his art.
Leonardo da Vinci painted one of his most famous paintings, the Mona Lisa,
in the early 1500s. It shows the image of a young woman. The portrait represents
Lisa Gheradini, the wife of a successful Italian businessman. People like the
painting because it is very realistic. It shows exactly what she looked like. The
painting is most famous for Mona Lisa’s smile. From any viewpoint –standing in
front of the painting or to the side- it looks like Mona Lisa is smiling at you.
In the mid-1800s, Claude Monet helped develop a new style of painting called
Impressionism. Monet is famous for his outdoor scenes of lakes and the ocean.
He also painted pictures of common objects, such as fruit and flowers. Other
painters in this category included Pierre- Auguste Renoir, Edgar Degas, and Mary
Cassatt. Impressionist painters didn’t mix colors together. Instead, they made
small dots of pure color.
3. Read the text and complete the table.
Who?
Kazuo Shiraga
Where?
Japan
When?
After WWII
Paintings?
Creates with hands and feet
The movement? Communicate the idea of movement and action
Other painters? Leonardo da Vinci, Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste
Renoir, Edgar Degas and Mary Cassatt
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4. Match the words with their definitions.
1) emerge a) existing for a long time
2) traditional b) began to be known
3) creates c) to express thoughts and feeling
4) communicate d) made something
5) represents e) the place you are when looking at
6) realistic something
7) viewpoint f) shows something in particular way
8) objects g) showing thins as they are in real life
9) pure h) things that you can touch or see
i) not mixed with anything else
5. Notice the boldfaced words. Circle the best word to complete each
sentence.
1) The Mona Lisa was created (by / to) da Vinci in the late 1500s.
2) A young woman is represented (in / to) the painting.
3) The painting is a (realistic / reality) portrait.
4) You can look at the painting from (different / differently) viewpoints.
5) The Impressionist developed a new category (of / to) art.
6) Impressionist painting emerged (under / in) the 1800s.
7) Impressionist paintings had an important influence (on / in) other
artists.
8) Impressionist artists painted (by / with) pure colors.
9) Shiraga’s paintings don’t show images (to / of) objects or people.
10) Shiraga has a different style of (paints / painting).
11) Shiraga’s paintings communicate the idea (to / of) movement.
12) Shiraga does not paint (traditional / tradition) paintings.
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6. Find an appropriate title for the text.
7. Choose one of the painters from the text and write a letter to the
painter.
