Tuesday, 4 February 2020

Today we learned about Cézanne and what different colours can mean.
You made your own "nature morte" and wrote out this mini-presentation.
We will be presenting some of them tomorrow!



Voici mon dessin à la Cézanne.
J’ai dessiné une nature morte avec # ________ (fruit names in French!)
J’ai utilisé le ______ parce que je suis __________ (adj),
 J’ai mis le _________ (colour) pour symboliser _________ (noun) – le/la/les
et J’ai choisi le __________ (colour) pour représenter _________ (noun).

Devoirs: Duolingo 10XP

Questions about Cezanne (answers under the cut)
ANSWER IN ENGLISH
 1. Where is Cézanne from?
 2. Why is he considered to be very important? (2 poss. answers)
 3. What became 1 of Cézanne’s favourite subjects to paint in Provence?
4. Did he use large or small brush strokes?
 5. What is “Mont Sainte-Victoire?”
6. What is “la nature morte” in English? (not a direct translation- think about it!)
 7. When did he die?

Answers
1. France (Aix-en-Provence) 2. post-impressionist movement/ influenced a lot of younger artists 3. Paysage- landscape 4. Large (grands coups de pinceau) 5.  a mountain 6. still life 7.  1906