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Mona Lisa--- The Potato Eaters Leonardo Da Vinci Van Gogh

Guernica Pablo Picasso Starry Night Van Gogh

The Night Watchman--- Rembrandt

Lotus flowers Claude Monet Sunflowers Van Gogh

He was also a sculptor, an architect, an engineer and a scientist. 5.what did da Vinci do besides painting? He was also a sculptor, an architect, an engineer and a scientist. 6.In which museum can you see Monet’s work? Musee d’Orsay 7.Where is the Van Gogh Museum? It is in Amsterdam. 8.In which city did Li Ping see Rembrandt’s paintings? In Aemsterdam.

T or F questions F T T T F F T Pablo Picasso was born in England. Picasso wasn’t just a painter. The painting of Mona Lisa is in the Louvre Museum. 4.Leonardo da Vinci is an Italian. 5.Monet was an American painter. 6.Van Gogh ‘s early paintings were abstract. 7.Rembrandt lived from 1606 to 1669. F T T T F F T

C2: Complete the table below according to the text: Artist Nationality Date of birth and death Famous painting Year of painting Pablo Picasso 1881-1973 Self-partrait 1972 Van Gogh 1853-1890 Rembrandt Leonardo da Vinci 1452-1519 Spanish 1885 1889 The potato eaters starry night Dutch The night watchman 1642 Dutch 1606-1669 Italian 1503-1506 Mona lisa

D: Match them with the correct definitions: 1.Masterpiece 2.Caculate 3.floated 4.wept 5.abstract 6.distribute 7.negotiate 8.adore a. an artist’s best work of art b. not concrete, only existing in the mind c. discuss term of an arrangement d. work out, figure out e. love greatly f. shed tears because of sadness, anger or pain g. give out, pass out spread h. moved an a liquid surface

E: When Li Ming was in Amsterdam , he found a brochure about painters from the past .Unfortunately , his aunt spilt coffee over it so now he cannot read some of the words .Help him figure but what the missing words are by writing the correct words above the blots.

Check Answers: 1) Italian 2) sculptor 3) astronomy 4) calculated 5) louver 6) nature 7) successful 8) talented 9) created 10) abstract

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