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Pre-listening vocabulary

• exhibit: a showing of an artist’s works at a gallery
• pioneer: someone who invents or develops something new
• deconstruct: to break something down into different parts
• angle: a position that something is viewed from
• Cubism: an art style that showed objects from multiple angles
• Surrealism: an art style inspired by dreams

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Gapfill exercise

Pablo Picasso was a Spanish . He was born in 1881, in Málaga, Spain. When he was just 14 years old, Picasso was accepted into an art school in Barcelona. He had his first exhibit in Paris in 1901, and he moved there three years later. Throughout his life, Picasso became very . He was best known for being a pioneer of the Cubist art movement. Along with French artist Georges Braque, he created that deconstructed and showed multiple angles at once. However, he also experimented with many other art forms, including and Surrealist painting. Picasso died in 1973, at age 91. He is known today as one of the most important artists of the 20th century.

Comprehension questions

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Discussion/essay questions

1. Art is very subjective. Everyone has different opinions about it. What do you think makes art “good”? Why?

Transcript

Pablo Picasso was a Spanish artist. He was born in 1881, in Málaga, Spain. When he was just 14 years old, Picasso was accepted into an art school in Barcelona. He had his first exhibit in Paris in 1901, and he moved there three years later. Throughout his life, Picasso became very famous. He was best known for being a pioneer of the Cubist art movement. Along with French artist Georges Braque, he created paintings that deconstructed objects and showed multiple angles at once. However, he also experimented with many other art forms, including sculpture and Surrealist painting. Picasso died in 1973, at age 91. He is known today as one of the most important artists of the 20th century.