Listen&Learn: Pablo Picasso
Posted by: Jaksyn PeacockPre-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
Listening activity
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Gapfill exercise
Comprehension questions
1. At age 14, Picasso was accepted into an art school in
At age 14, Picasso was accepted into an art school in Barcelona.
2. Picasso was known for developing
Picasso was known for developing Cubism.
3. The Cubist movement involved
The Cubist movement involved art that deconstructed objects.
Discussion/essay questions
- 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.
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12 comments
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English Club Indonesia says:
Art is good when it is unique in its own way. Not only that, good art must have clear meanings that art enthusiasts can comprehend.
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an person says:
that was good
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Key says:
I knew his a few works but I did know about his life. So, it was interesting to listen to this. Thanks for the content. This will improve my listening skills. Also, the topic of the discussion is interesting!
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Farah says:
I think it’s the feeling that makes art special. It conveys the artist’s message without saying even a word.
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Milenny Polanco says:
Picasso was very interesting to me.
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Rabie Bouguerra says:
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